Case Name: IN RE Wright H. LEWIS, Respondent. An Inactive Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Bar Registration No. 1010919
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 2017-11-02
Citations: 172 A.3d 395
Docket Number: No. 17–BG–694
Parties: IN RE Wright H. LEWIS, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 172
Pages: 395–395

Head Matter:
IN RE Wright H. LEWIS, Respondent.
An Inactive Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Bar Registration No. 1010919
No. 17-BG-694
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
FILED November 2, 2017
ORDER

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the certified order suspending respondent from the practice of law in Virginia for nine months with conditions; this court's July 21, 2017, order temporarily suspending respondent and directing him to show cause why identical reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline; and it appearing that respondent did not file a response to the show cause order but filed the required D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit on August 16, 2017, it is
ORDERED that Wright H. Lewis is hereby suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia for a period of nine months, subject to the conditions imposed by the state of Virginia. See In re Sibley, 990 A.2d 483, 487-88 (D.C. 2010) (explaining that the presumption of identical discipline in D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11(c) will prevail except in "rare" cases); In re Cole, 809 A.2d 1226, 1227 n.3 (D.C. 2002) (explaining that in unopposed reciprocal matters the "imposition of identical discipline should be close to automatic"). For purposes of reinstatement, the suspension will be deemed to run nunc pro tunc from August 16, 2017.