RAZATOS v. COLORADO SUPREME COURT

No. 82-2516.

746 F.2d 1429 (1984)

Peter S. RAZATOS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The COLORADO SUPREME COURT, P.V. Hodges, R.B. Lee, W.H. Erickson, L.D. Rovira, G.E. Lohr, J.E. Dubofsky, and J.R. Quinn, in their official capacities as Justices of the Colorado Supreme Court, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathon B. Chase, South Royalton, Vt. (Albert T. Frantz, Lakewood, Colo., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Ruthanne Gartland, Asst. Atty. Gen. for the State of Colo., Denver, Colo. (Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Sol. Gen., and Jill A. Gross, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), Denver, Colo., for defendants-appellees.

Before SETH, SEYMOUR, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Peter Razatos, an attorney suspended from practice by the Colorado Supreme Court, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). He seeks a declaratory judgment that the Colorado procedure for disciplining attorneys violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and a hearing to clear his name. He asserts that under the Colorado attorney discipline scheme, the Colorado Supreme Court makes the final fact determination...

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