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In re: Mike BELLO, Plaintiff-Appellant.
    No. 06-11111
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    March 26, 2008.
    Mike Bello, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.
    Before JONES, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Mike Bello argues on appeal that the district court abused its discretion by disbarring him from practicing before the Northern District of Texas. The court disbarred Bello pursuant to N.D. Tex.R. 83.8(b)(2) — (4), after finding that Bello’s actions in his representation of his client in Cause No. 4:04-CV-246-Y and in other cases evinced a failure to comply with court orders, unethical behavior, and an inability to conduct proper litigation.

On appeal, Bello contends that the order disbarring him violated unspecified First Amendment protections. A federal court has the inherent authority “to control admission to its bar and to discipline attorneys who appear before it.” Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 82, 43, 111 S.Ct. 2123, 115 L.Ed.2d 27 (1991). Bello has not established that Supreme Court case law addressing an attorney’s First Amendment rights are applicable in the instant ease. See, Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Ass’n, 486 U.S. 466, 472, 108 S.Ct. 1916, 100 L.Ed.2d 475 (1988). Bello’s assertions of judicial bias are frivolous. See Litcky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 555, 114 S.Ct. 1147, 127 L.Ed.2d 474 (1994).

Bello also asserts that the district court deprived him of due process. Because he received notice of the charges and an opportunity to respond, he received the process to which he was entitled. See NASCO, Inc. v. Calcasieu Television and Radio, Inc., 894 F.2d 696, 707 (5th Cir.1990). Bello’s contention that he was denied equal protection is meritless. See Thompson v. Patteson, 985 F.2d 202, 207 (5th Cir.1993).

We have reviewed the record and conclude that the district court’s decision to disbar Bello is supported by “clear and convincing” evidence sufficient to establish “one or more violations warranting this extreme sanction.” In re Medrano, 956 F.2d 101, 102 (5th Cir.1992). As a result, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5 the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.