Judges disciplining lawyers
Irion v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Van R. Irion asked the Supreme Court to review a five-year suspension, raising questions about the trial judge’s role and the Sixth Circuit’s review.
- Who it affects
- Irion did not get Supreme Court review of his suspension; the Court did not decide whether the challenged process was proper.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear the case, so it did not decide those claims.
The petition framed the dispute around a five-year attorney suspension and questions about the trial judge’s role and the Sixth Circuit’s review.
Question presented
1. Can a Trial Judge Serve as Sole Accuser, Presiding Judge, Sole Ultimate Fact-Finder, and Sentencing Judge, Regarding Out-of-Court Facts? 2. Can a Trial Judge Add Eleven New Factual Accusations and Assert Five New Disciplinary Authorities Based Upon the Forced Disclosure of Privileged Documents and Defendant’s Involuntary Deposition Testimony? 3. Can the District Court and the Circuit Court Completely Ignore Undisputed Exculpatory Evidence? 4. Can a District Judge Rule on the Truthfulness of Facts Alleged in a 28 U.S.C. §144 Affidavit of Disqualification? 5. Can a Circuit Court Refuse to Allow Oral Argument Properly and Timely Demanded by an Attorney on Review of Five-Year Suspension?
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More questions
- Did the Court explain why it refused review?
- The docket order records the denial but gives no reason.
Sources
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