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r om tha tpoi nton, de m a ndi ng the ya c c e ptthe se tt l em entor pay hi m m ore m on ey . A dd i t i on al l y, [] M ar shal l com m i tt ed other vi ol a t i ons s upport i ng the B oa r d’ s r e c om m e nda t i on t o di s ba ra nd ha s ahi s t oryof vi ol at i ng the R ul es of P rofe ss i on al C on du ct . ” M arshal l II, 2 1 7 P .3 da t 3 1 0 . 2 B ef ore: S C H R O E D E R and M . S M IT H , C i rc ui tJudg es , and B E N IT E Z , D i stri ct Judg e. *** A ppe l l a ntB r a dl e yM a r s ha l l appe a l s the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s O r de rda t e d Jul y8, 2 0 1 0 , a f f i rmi n g th e b a n k ru p t c y ’ s c o u rt ’ s d i s mi s s a l o f M a r s h a l l ’ s c i v i l r i g h t s c l a i ms a ga i ns tA ppe l l e e s W a s hi ngt on S t a t e B a rA s s oc i a t i on a nd c e rt a i n i ndi vi dua l s a nd e nt i t i e s . T he f

a c tua l a nd pr oc e dur a l ba c kgr ound tha tl e d t o thi s a c t i on, i nc l udi ng the e ve nt s s urr oundi ng M a r s ha l l ’ s di s ba rm e ntbyauna ni m ous S upr e m e C ourtof W a s hi ngt on, a r e de s c r i be d i n de t a i l i n I n r e M a rs h a ll , 217 P . 3d 291 ( W a s h. 2009) (“M arshal l II ” ) a nd I n r e M a rs h a ll , 15 7 P . 3d 85 9 (W as h. 20 07 ) ( “M a rs h a ll I ”) 1 (i m po si ng 18 -m on th suspensi on ). W e r ec i t e the re m ai ni ng fa ct s onl y w hen ne c e s s a ryt o r e s ol ve a n i s s ue r a i s e d on appe a l . W e ha ve j ur i s di c t i on unde r28 U .S .C . § 1 2 9 1 , a n dw e a f f irm .3

M a r s ha l l ’ s a r gum e nt s tha tthe S upr e m e C ourtof W a s hi ngt on, the S t a t e of W a s h in g to n , a n dth e W a s h in g to n S ta te B a rA s s o c ia tio n v io la te dth e au to m a tic bank rupt cyst ay , 11 U . S . C . § 3 62 (a ), ar e m er i t l es s. “ S ec t i on 36 2(b)(4) provi des tha tthe f i l i ng of aba nkrupt c ype t i t i on doe s notope r a t e a s a n aut om a t i c s t a y‘ of the c o m m e n c e m e n t o rc o n tin u a tio n o f a n a c tio n o rp r o c e e d in g b yag o v e rn m e n ta l u n it

. . . t o enforce s uch g ov ernm ent al un i t ’ s . . . po l i ce or re gu l at ory pow er . ’ ” L ocky er v . Mi r ant C or p. , 398 F . 3d 1098, 1107 ( 9th C i r . 2005) ( quot i ng 11 U . S . C . § 362( b) ( 4) ) . T he pr oc e e di ngs of the S upr e m e C ourtof

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e ll u n d e rth e p o lic e a n dr e g u la to rye x c e p tio n . W a de v . S ta te B arof A r i z ona (I n r e W ade ) , 9 4 8 F .2 d1 1 2 2 , 1 1 2 3 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 1 ) ; I n r e Sc h a tz , 49 7 P . 2d 15 3, 15 5 (W as h. 19 72 ) ( “ [T ] he W as hi ng t on S t at e B arA ss oci at i on ac t s a s a n a rm o f

th e S u p r e m e C o u rt in c o n d u c tin g p r o c e e d in g s u n d e rth is s e c tio n a n d , in thatcapaci ty, i s an i nt egra l partof the j ud i ci al proces s. ”) . A cc ordi ng l y, there w as no vi ol at i on of the bank rupt cyst ayw i th the po st -pet i t i on proceedi ng s t o d i sbar M a r s h a ll. See L ocky er , 39 8 F . 3d at11 07 (“ T he theory of the except i on i s that b a n k ru p tc ys h o u ldn o t b e ‘ah a v e n f o rw r o n g d o e r s .’” ) . M a r s h a ll’s m y r ia dc la im s o f c o n s titu tio n a l v io la tio n s a r is in g f r o m h is d is b a rm e n t m u s t, a s tw o p r io rc o u rts h a v e h e ld , b e d is m is s e d . H is c la im th a t h is s t a t e di s ba rm e nti s voi d a b in itio i s ast at e j ud i ci al det erm i nat i on thatl ow erfe dera l4

c o u rts a r e w ith o u t p o w e rto r e v ie w . Se e D . C . C our t of Appe al s v . Fe ldm an , 460 U . S . 46 2, 48 2 (19 83 ) ( “ [R ] evi ew of such [f i nal st at e c ou rt ] j ud gm ent s m aybe had on l y i n [the U ni t ed S t at es S up re m e] C ou rt . ”) . M oreover, the conj ec tured c ons t i tut i ona l “ vi ol a t i ons ” M a r s ha l l a s s e rt s a r e s i m pl ya tt e m pt s t o r e l i t i ga t e due pr oc e s s a r gum e nt s c onc l us i ve l yde c i de d bythe S upr e m e C ourtof W a s hi ngt on d u r in g h is d is b a rm e n t p r o c e e d in g s . Se e M a rs h a ll II, 217 P . 3d a t298–300 ( r e j e c t i ng c onf

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– 8 2 ( W a s h . 1 9 9 7 ) . F i na l l y , the ba nkrupt c yc ourt ’ s a nd di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s de ni a l s of l e a ve t o a m e nd w e r e appr opr i a t e . A ddi ng a ddi t i ona l m e m be r s of the B a rA s s oc i a t i on orthe Just i ce s of the S up re m e C ou rtof W as hi ng t on as defe nd ant s w ou l d b e f ut i l e und er R ooke r - Fe ldm an a n dth e p r in c ip le s o f ab s o lu te im m u n ity , in a d d itio n to n e e d le s s ly pr ol ongi ng thi s ve xa t i ous a nd w a s t e f ul l i t i ga t i on. W e h a v e c o n s id e r e dA p p e lla n t’s r e m a in in g a r g u m e n ts o n ap p e a l a n dh o ld th a t th e yd o n o t im p a c t th e f o r e g o in g a n a ly s is . A F F I R M E D .