W. David Nichols v. Alabama State Bar
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
W. David Nichols, an attorney proceeding pro se, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 due process claim against the Alabama State Bar (“State Bar”) as barred by the Eleventh Amendment, and the denial of his motion to alter or amend the judgment. After review, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND FACTS
According to Nichols’s amended complaint, Nichols was admitted to the State Bar in 1982. In the early 2000s, the State Bar suspended Nichols’s license to practice law for professional misconduct. Because Nichols’s suspension was for more than 90 days, he was required to petition the State Bar for…
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