Legal Opinion
Eldridge Hawkins and Cecile D. Portilla v. Chief Justice Stuart Rabner et al.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 20, 2026No. 2:26-cv-02303Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ELDRIDGE HAWKINS and CECILE D. PORTILLA, Plaintiffs, No. 26cv2303(EP) (MAH) v. MEMORANDUM ORDER CHIEF JUSTICE STUART RABNER et al., Defendants. PADIN, District Judge. Plaintiffs Eldridge Hawkins and Cecile Portilla are New Jersey attorneys who allege that the New Jersey Judiciary and the Office of Attorney Ethics (“OAE”) are using attorney-competency proceedings to retaliate against them for criticizing judges, the OAE, and the Judiciary’s eCourts system.1 Plaintiffs sue two groups of Defendants: Members of the New Jersey State Judiciary,…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Nken v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mazurek v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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