In the Matter of Robert L. Chipley, Jr

This is an appeal by Robert L. Chip-ley, Jr., from an order of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina indefinitely suspending him from the practice of law before that court.

Chipley was suspended from practice in South Carolina by the South Carolina Supreme Court on August 31, 1970 because of mental illness. In re Chipley, 254 S.C. 588, 176 S.E.2d 412 (1970), cert. denied, 401 U.S. 1010, 91 S.Ct. 1261, 28 L.Ed.2d 547 (1971).

On October 5, 1970, the district court issued a rule directing Chipley to show cause why he should not be suspended from practice in that…