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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No: 06-2788

MARK DAVID FRANKEL,

Appellant

 v.

SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, et al,

Appellee

 

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

(05-CV-01450)

District Court: Hon. Legrome D. Davis

Submitted July 24, 2008

Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)

Before: McKEE, FUENTES, and WEIS, Circuit Judges,

MARK DAVID FRANKEL, pro se

1510 Kentwood Lane

York, PA 17403

Counsel for Appellant

MARY BUTLER, ESQ.

Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts

1515 Market Street, Suite 1414

Philadelphia, PA 19102

Counsel for Appellee

Case: 06-2788 Document: 00312013408 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/13/2008
(Filed August 13, 2008 )

OPINION OF THE COURT

McKee, Circuit Judge.

Mark David Frankel appeals the district court’s April 4, 2005, April 20, 2005, and

April 27, 2006 orders, which together dismissed the complaint in which he had alleged a

cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In that complaint, Frankel alleged that the 

Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and certain named individuals

violated his Fourteenth Amendment right to procedural due process during disciplinary

proceedings that resulted in his disbarment. We will affirm.

Inasmuch as we write only for the parties who are familiar with this case, we need

not recite the factual or procedural background of this dispute. We have reviewed the

district court’s thorough and thoughtful memoranda explaining the absence of subject

matter jurisdiction to hear some of Frankel’s claims in federal court, and why the

defendants are entitled to immunity on his remaining claims. The district court’s

memoranda fully and accurately explain why Frankel’s complaint must be dismissed, and

we will affirm substantially for the reasons set forth therein. 

Case: 06-2788 Document: 00312013408 Page: 2 Date Filed: 08/13/2008