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Date Created: 2023-04-20 14:02:57.70622+00
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             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 12-BG-1891

IN RE KENNETH SCHNEIDER,
                                                   DDN: 2011-D465
A Suspended Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

No. 23-BG-0012

IN RE KENNETH SCHNEIDER,
                                                   DDN: 2011-D465
A Suspended Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Bar Registration No. 440434

BEFORE: Blackburne-Rigsby, Chief Judge, and Easterly and Howard, Associate
        Judges.

                                  ORDER
                            (FILED—April 20, 2023)

       On consideration of the certified order from the state of New York disbarring
respondent from the practice of law by consent; this court’s February 7, 2023, order
in No. 23-BG-12 maintaining respondent’s suspension pending final disposition of
this proceeding and directing him to show cause why reciprocal discipline should
not be imposed; respondent’s D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit filed in his original
disciplinary proceeding in No. 12-BG-1891 on February 11, 2013; and the statement
of Disciplinary Counsel recommending reciprocal discipline and requesting
reinstatement be conditioned upon respondent’s successful completion of supervised
release and to dismiss No. 12-BG-1891 as moot; and it appearing that respondent
has not filed a response or opposed the condition for reinstatement; and it further
appearing that respondent was convicted of traveling for the purpose of engaging in
sex with a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b), it is
Nos. 12-BG-1891 & 23-BG-0012

       ORDERED that Kenneth Schneider is hereby disbarred from the practice of
law in the District of Columbia, nunc pro tunc to February 11, 2013. In addition to
the other requirements for reinstatement, respondent must successfully complete his
period of supervised release imposed as part of his criminal conviction prior to filing
a petition for reinstatement in this jurisdiction. See In re Sibley, 990 A.2d 483,
487-88 (D.C. 2010) (explaining that there is a rebuttable presumption in favor of
imposition of identical discipline and exceptions to this presumption should be rare);
In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (stating that the rebuttable presumption
of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does
not participate). It is

     FURTHER ORDERED that the case in No. 12-BG-1891 is hereby dismissed
as moot.

                                   PER CURIAM