Case Name: IN RE Melodie V. SHULER A Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Bar Registration No. 488686
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 2018-01-25
Citations: 177 A.3d 615
Docket Number: No. 17–BG–1254
Parties: IN RE Melodie V. SHULER
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 177
Pages: 615–616

Head Matter:
IN RE Melodie V. SHULER
A Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Bar Registration No. 488686
No. 17-BG-1254
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
FILED-January 25, 2018
ORDER

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the certified order of the Court of Appeals of Maryland disbarring respondent from the practice of law in that jurisdiction, this court's December 5, 2017, order directing respondent to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed, and the statement of Bar Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent has failed to file either a response to this court's order to show cause or an affidavit as required by D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g), it is
ORDERED that Melodie V. Shuler is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See In re Sibley , 990 A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010), and In re Fuller , 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does not participate). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement the period of respondent's disbarment will not begin to run until such time as she files a D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit.