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Date Created: 2023-01-05 16:01:43.852382+00
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              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 22-BG-811

IN RE SIMEON C. SMITH, IV
                                                            DDN: 2022-D051
A Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Bar Registration No. 994428

BEFORE: Beckwith, Easterly, and Deahl, Associate Judges.

                                   ORDER
                             (FILED— January 5, 2023)

       On consideration of the certified copy of an order from the state of Louisiana
suspending respondent from the practice of law by consent for six months, stayed in
favor of two years of probation subject to terms; this court’s October 28, 2022, order
directing him to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; and
the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it appearing that respondent has not filed
a response, it is

       ORDERED that Simeon C. Smith, IV is hereby suspended from the practice
of law in the District of Columbia for six months, stayed in favor of two years of
probation subject to compliance with all terms imposed by the state of Louisiana.
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)
(explaining that a rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to
all cases in which the respondent does not participate).

                                   PER CURIAM