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                DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

                                 No. 22-BG-0826

                     IN RE MARLON G. MEADE, RESPONDENT.

                          A Suspended Member of the Bar
                    of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
                           (Bar Registration No. 981550)

                          On Report and Recommendation
                    of the Board on Professional Responsibility

                                (DDN: 2022-D150)

                             (Decided March 23, 2023)

      Before MCLEESE, HOWARD, and ALIKHAN, Associate Judges.

      PER CURIAM: The Board on Professional Responsibility recommends that

respondent Marlon G. Meade be disbarred from the practice of law because Mr.

Meade was convicted of conspiracy to commit offenses including mail fraud. D.C.

Code § 11-2503(a) requires disbarment upon conviction of a crime of moral

turpitude. This court has previously concluded that conspiracy to commit mail fraud

is a crime of moral turpitude per se. In re Allison, 990 A.2d 467, 468 (D.C. 2010)

(per curiam).
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      Mr. Meade has not filed any exception to the Board’s Report and

Recommendation, nor did he file the required D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit after

this court imposed an interim suspension on October 28, 2022.

      Under D.C. Bar R. XI, § 9(h)(2), “if no exceptions are filed to the Board’s

report, the [c]ourt will enter an order imposing the discipline recommended by the

Board upon the expiration of the time permitted for filing exceptions.” See also In

re Viehe, 762 A.2d 542, 543 (D.C. 2000) (per curiam) (“When . . . there are no

exceptions to the Board’s report and recommendation, our deferential standard of

review becomes even more deferential.”). We accept the recommendation that Mr.

Meade be disbarred.

      Accordingly, it is

      ORDERED that Marlon G. Meade is hereby disbarred from the practice of

law in this jurisdiction. Mr. Meade’s attention is directed to the requirements of

D.C. Bar. R. IX, § 14, and their effect on eligibility for reinstatement. See D.C. Bar.

R. IX, § 16(c).