ATTORNEY GRIEV. COMM'N v. BETTIS

Misc. Docket (Subtitle BV) No. 27, September Term, 1984.

305 Md. 452 (1986)

505 A.2d 492

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. BERNARD BETTIS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Hirshman, Bar Counsel and Walter D. Murphy, Jr., Asst. Bar Counsel, for Atty. Grievance Com'n.

No Appearance on Behalf of Respondent.

Argued before SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH, McAULIFFE, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired, Specially Assigned).


McAULIFFE, Judge.

A Petition for Disciplinary Action was filed against Bernard Bettis on February 8, 1985. Bettis was served with a summons, and with copies of the petition and discovery documents, but failed to respond.1 Following entry of an order of default and the giving of notice thereof to the respondent, Judge Raymond G. Thieme conducted a hearing on October 2, 1985, at which respondent did not appear.

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