Heger

Filing 1

ORDER OF DISBARMENT/SUSPENSION by Judge Audrey B. Collins that Jan M Heger be suspended from the practice of law in this Court. (Case Terminated.) (ly)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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In the Disciplinary Matter of

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Jan M. Heger
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California State Bar No. 87441

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NO. MC 11-319

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ORDER OF SUSPENSION

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On June 8, 2011, Jan M. Heger, an attorney previously admitted to

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the bar of this Court, was convicted in this Court of making a false

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statement on a passport application and of using a passport secured by

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a false statement in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1542.

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v. Heger, No. SA CR 11-0019-JST (C.D. Cal. 2011), Dkt. # 58.

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Violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1542 is a felony.

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3559(a).

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See United States

See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1542,

The local rules of the Central District provide that “[u]pon the

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filing of a judgment or conviction demonstrating that any attorney

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admitted to practice before this Court has been convicted in this

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Court of any serious crime as herein defined,” the Court shall enter

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an order immediately suspending that attorney from the Court’s bar.

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See Local Rule 83-3.2.1.

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The local rules define a “serious crime” as “any felony and any

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lesser crime a necessary element of which, as determined by the

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statutory or common law definition of such crime in the jurisdiction

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in which it was entered, involves false swearing, misrepresentation,

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fraud, deceit, bribery, extortion, misappropriation, theft, or the use

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of dishonesty, or an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation of another

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to commit a ‘serious crime.’”

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Id.

Because he has been convicted in this Court of a “serious crime,”

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Jan M. Heger be immediately SUSPENDED

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from the practice of law in this Court pursuant to Rule 83-3.2.1 of

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the Local Rules for the Central District of California.

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suspension shall remain in effect pending final disposition of

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disciplinary proceedings commenced by the California State Bar as a

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result of Heger's conviction.

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of the Conviction of Jan Morton Heger, State Bar Case No. 09-C-13193.

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Upon good cause shown, the Chief Judge or his or her designee may set

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aside this order of suspension when it appears in the interest of

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justice to do so.

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See Local Rule 83-3.2.1; In the Matter

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An attorney registered to use this Court’s Electronic Case Filing

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System (ECF) who is suspended by this Court will not have access to

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file documents electronically until the attorney has been reinstated

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to the bar of this Court.

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DATED: August 9, 2011.

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CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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