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             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 18-BG-570

IN RE PATRICIA JOAN BARRY
                                                          2018 DDN 112
An Administratively Suspended Member of
the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Bar Registration No. 226498

BEFORE: Glickman and McLeese, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Senior Judge.

                                  ORDER
                            (FILED – August 2, 2018)

       On consideration of the certified order of the Supreme Court of California
disbarring respondent from the practice of law in that state; the June 5, 2018, order
and June 26, 2019, amended order suspending respondent from the practice of law
in this jurisdiction until resolution of this matter and directing her to show cause
why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; respondent’s motion for leave to
file her late response and request for a hearing; and the statement of Disciplinary
Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent failed to
file the required D.C. Bar R. XI, §14 (g) affidavit, it is

      ORDERED that respondent’s motion for leave to file her late response is
granted and the lodged response is filed. It is

       FURTHER ORDERED that Patricia Joan Barry is hereby disbarred from the
practice of law in the District of Columbia. To the extent respondent attempts to
challenge the imposition of reciprocal discipline by requesting this court to conduct
a hearing to permit her to relitigate the discipline imposed by the State of
California, such a challenge is improper in reciprocal disciplinary proceedings, see
In re Zdravkovich, 831 A.2d 964, 969 (D.C. 2003) (“Put simply, reciprocal
discipline proceedings are not a forum to reargue the foreign discipline.”). Further,
respondent’s response to this court’s order merely recites the exceptions to be
considered in rejecting the imposition of reciprocal discipline but she fails to
provide
any support that any of the exceptions apply; therefore, respondent has failed to
rebut the presumption that reciprocal discipline will be imposed. See In re Sibley,
990 A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010), and In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007)
(rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies unless one of the
exceptions is established). It is

      FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement the period of
respondent’s disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files a D.C. Bar
R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit.

                                PER CURIAM