In the Matter of Wade Anthony Robertson - #217899

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ORDER RE STATUS REPORT Status Report due by 8/4/2014 or within ten days after California Supreme Court order.. Signed by Judge Alsup on April 15, 2014. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/15/2014) (Additional attachment(s) added on 4/15/2014: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service) (dt, COURT STAFF).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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IN THE MATTER OF WADE ANTHONY
ROBERTSON - #217899,

No. C 13-80207 WHA

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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ORDER RE STATUS REPORT

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A November 2013 order requested that Attorney Wade Anthony Robertson file a

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progress report as to the status of his disciplinary proceedings by the earlier of April 14, 2014, or

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within ten days after the Supreme Court of California issues an order as to his potential

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discipline. “In the meantime, Attorney Robertson will remain suspended from practice in this

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district court on an interim basis until further notice” (Dkt. No. 5).

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On April 14, Attorney Robertson stated: “As of today’s date — April 14, 2014 — the

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status of Robertson’s disciplinary proceedings in the State Bar of California are essentially the

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same now as they were when Robertson filed his earlier October 2013 Response . . . and as when

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the Court issued its November 2013 Order” (Dkt. No. 6) (emphasis in original). Attorney

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Robertson moves to vacate the interim suspension because no order has issued from the

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California Supreme Court. The motion is DENIED. Attorney Robertson’s reliance on dictum in

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Khanna v. State Bar of California, 505 F. Supp. 2d 633, 638 (N.D. Cal. 2007) (Judge Edward

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Chen), is misplaced. Khanna involved constitutional law and Section 1983 claims. By contrast,

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this proceeding is pursuant to this district’s reciprocal disciplinary rules. See Local Rule 11-7.

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Attorney Robertson shall file a progress report as to the status of his disciplinary

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proceedings, by whichever deadline comes first: (1) within TEN DAYS after the Supreme Court

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of California issues an order as to his potential discipline, or (2) by NOON ON AUGUST 4, 2014.

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Attorney Robertson remains suspended from practice in this district court on an interim basis

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until further notice.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 15, 2014.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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