Legal Opinion
Matter of Burka
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 21, 1980No. M-39-80PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This disciplinary matter is before the court on a recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility (Board) that respondent be disbarred. In reply, respon*182dent asserts that he was suffering from a mental disability when he appeared pro se before the Hearing Committee, and that the Board accordingly denied him due process when it declined to grant his request for hearing de novo before the Hearing Committee. We reject that contention,1 adopt the recommendation of the Board, and order disbarment.
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On January 30, 1979, the District of Columbia Bar (petitioner)…
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