Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Filing 202

NOTICE by John B. Thompson of Service of Demand Letter on Bar President to Appear before Governors Re Constitutional Defenses Per Mason v. Bar (Thompson, John)

Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Doc. 202

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JOHN B. THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. THE FLORIDA BAR and DAVA J. TUNIS, Defendants. PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF FILING COMES NOW plaintiff, John B. Thompson, hereinafter Thompson, as an attorney on his own behalf, and hereby provides notice to the court of the delivery of the below letter to Bar President Frank Angones. The ongoing refusal of the Bar Governors to allow Thompson to appear before them obliterates all abstention arguments by The Bar: Case No. 07-21256 (Judge Adalberto Jordan)

John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law 1172 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 305-666-4366 [e-mail]
October 12, 2007 Frank Angones, President The Florida Bar Miami, Florida Via Fax and e-mail Re: Appearance Before Florida Bar Governors to Present Constitutional Defenses Dear Frank: The Bar's record counsel, Greenberg Traurig, in Thompson v. Bar, et alia, Case No. 0721256, has repeatedly asked US District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan to abstain from

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granting the relief I seek therein for The Bar's actions that violate the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution. The Mason v. Florida Bar case that Barry Richard and his associates keep citing to the court for abstention is a federal ruling out of the Middle District that holds that as long as a Bar complainant can exercise his right to appear before the Board of Bar Governors to present his constitutional defenses prior to a disciplinary trial, then abstention is appropriate. This Mason case, then, if not honored by the Governors, completely cuts the legs off Barry Richard's more than disingenuous representations to the court about abstention. Mr. Richard well knows that I have repeatedly asked to appear, over the last two years, before the Governors to make my constitutional arguments, and yet he continues to cite Mason as a reason why the court must abstain. This practice by Barr Richard is unethical. So I ask again: I herewith formally assert my right, under Mason, to appear before the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar during their December 12 through 15 meeting at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida, in order that I might present my constitutional defenses to The Bar's illegal and unconstitutional use of "discipline" to harass me, which includes the demand for a mental health exam in violation also of The Bar's own Rule 37.13. I demand a response in the affirmative. Regards, Jack I HEREBY CERTIFY that this has been served upon record counsel this 12th day of October, 2007, electronically. JOHN B. THOMPSON, Plaintiff Florida Bar #231665 1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 Phone: [phone] [e-mail]

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