Title: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Woo

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

No. 26441

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T

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OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner,

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CHRISTOPHER S. B. WOO, Respondent.

oDC 07-025-8485, 07-026-8486, 07027-2487 3 °

ORDER OF TRANSFER 70 INACTIVE STATUS
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(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Acoba, and Duffy,
Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge Fujise,
J. recused)

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in place of Nakayam
upon consideration of the Office of Disciplinary

Counsel's Motion For Transfer Of Respondent To Inactive Status

Due To Incapacity, the memorandum, affidavit and exhibit thereto,

and the record, it appears that Respondent Christopher S. Woo, by
submitting the letter of Boyd J. Slomoff, M.D., dated January 10,

2007, has asserted he is suffering from a disability that makes

it impossible for him to defend himself in disciplinary
proceedings. Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED thai
(1) This case is remanded to the Disciplinary Board

 

for institution of proceedings pursuant to Rule 2.19(b) of the
Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i ("RSCH");

(2) Respondent Woo is immediately transferred to
inactive status, pursuant to RSCH 2.19(c), due to disability
until a determination is made of Respondent Woo’s capacity to
continue the practice of law in the RSCH 2.19(b) proceeding:

(3) The pending disciplinary investigations in op
Nos. 07-025-8485, 07-026-8486, and 07-027-8487, may proceed, as
provided in RSCH 2.19(h), provided that no disciplinary

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proceeding shall be commenced and any pending disciplinary
proceeding against Respondent Woo shall be held in abeyance while
Respondent Woo remains on inactive status pursuant to RSCH
2.19(¢); and

(4) This oder shall be effective upon entry.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 23, 2007.

carole Ry Richelieu,
Chief Disciplinary Counsel,

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