A former lawyer who was disbarred by West Virginia’s highest court had his challenge to that decision tossed by a federal trial court for lack of jurisdiction.
Anthony Zappin is trying to frame his case as a “facial challenges to policies, rules, or procedures” governing attorney discipline but it’s really a challenge to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals’ disbarment decision, Judge Irene C. Berger of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia said September 24.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that federal district courts can’t review final state court judgments so the case ...
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