Opinion ID: 900607
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Disciplinary Board Investigation

Text: [¶ 9.] Board made a formal accusation against Mines asserting that he repeatedly failed to promptly respond to Board's requests for responses to the complaints, notices of hearings, and subpoenas in the complaints filed by Lora Michaels, Brad Calhoon, Mark Clinard, and Ruth Vaughn. Referee determined that Mines violated SDCL 16-19-54, -55 and -56 [7] by failing to promptly respond to Board's requests, that such conduct was a separate basis for discipline and that it constituted an aggravating circumstance which increased the severity of his appropriate discipline. See Discipline of Tidball, 503 N.W.2d 850 (S.D.1993); Discipline of Kirby, 336 N.W.2d 378, 380 (S.D.1983); Discipline of Kintz, 315 N.W.2d 328, 331 (S.D.1982).