Title: The Florida Bar v. Scofield
Citation: 287 So. 2d 285
Docket Number: 44521
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: December 14, 1973

287 So. 2d 285 (1973)
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant-Petitioner,
v.
M.C. SCOFIELD, Respondent.
No. 44521.

Supreme Court of Florida.
December 14, 1973.
*286 Walter S. McLin, III, Leesburg, and Norman A. Faulkner, Tallahassee, for complainant-petitioner.
PER CURIAM.
This disciplinary proceeding by The Florida Bar against M.C. Scofield is presently before us on petition filed by The Florida Bar for temporary placement of Scofield on the list of inactive attorneys, as provided under Rule 11.01(4), 32 F.S.A. until such time as a final order may be issued in this cause.
The Florida Bar filed a complaint against Scofield on February 15, 1973, alleging that Scofield, 77 years of age, a member of The Florida Bar, appeared in an intoxicated manner before The Honorable John Booth, Circuit Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, on September 6, 1972, and that Scofield has violated his oath as an attorney, has violated Rule 11.02 of Article XI, Integration Rule, and has further demonstrated his incapacity to practice law under Rule 11.01(4), Integration Rule, which rule provides:
Hearing was held on this matter on August 30, 1973, before the referee who after considering all the pleadings, exhibits, and evidence, found:
The referee recommended:
*287 Relative to Respondent's personal history and past disciplinary measures, the Referee stated:
Pursuant to Rule 11.06(9)(b) of the Integration Rule of The Florida Bar, the Referee's report and the record of the proceedings were duly filed with this Court on October 19, 1973. As of this time, no Petition for Review by this Court pursuant to Rule 11.09, Integration Rule, has been filed. However, subsection (3)(a) of this rule provides that proceedings shall be commenced within sixty days after the filing of the Referee's report with this Court.
Since thirty days still remain for the filing of a Petition for Review of the Referee's report by Scofield, and because The Florida Bar has received a letter from Judge Booth with a transcript of proceedings attached which indicate the urgency of placing Scofield on the inactive list of attorneys, The Florida Bar has filed the instant Petition for Extraordinary Temporary Placement on the List of Inactive Attorneys until such time as a final order may be issued after the routine processing of the Referee's report in this cause.
The letter from Judge Booth and transcript of proceedings in support thereof, received by The Florida Bar reflecting substantial additional matter, stated in pertinent part, as follows:
In view of the foregoing, the respondent, M.C. Scofield, is hereby temporarily placed on the list of inactive attorneys until a full review can be had of the matter after which a final judgment in accordance with the exigencies of the situation and justice of the cause will be entered by this Court. This order of temporary suspension shall become effective upon delivery of a certified copy of the same to respondent, M.C. Scofield.
It is so ordered.
CARLTON, C.J., and ROBERTS, ERVIN, ADKINS and BOYD, JJ., concur.