CZURA v. SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH CAROLINA

No. 86-1086.

813 F.2d 644 (1987)

Walter Murphy CZURA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH CAROLINA as Committee on Rules of Admission to Practice of Law in the State of South Carolina; Julius B. Ness, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and in his individual capacity; George T. Gregory, Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and in his individual capacity; David W. Harwell, Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and in his individual capacity; A. Lee Chandler, Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and in his individual capacity; Ernest A. Finney, Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and in his individual capacity; Committee on Character and Fitness of the South Carolina Supreme Court; Joseph W. Hudgens, Chairman and in his individual capacity; C. Dexter Powers, Member and in his individual capacity; Nathanial L. Barnwell, Member and in his individual capacity; Jeter E. Rhodes, Member and in his individual capacity; Thomas W. Thomas, Member and in his individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Paul Thames on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard Bevins Kale, Jr., Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. (T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen. on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges, and SENTELLE, United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Walter Murphy Czura, a disbarred South Carolina attorney, appeals the district court's order dismissing his civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim, 632 F.Supp. 267. We affirm.

I.

In January, 1982, Czura pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import over 1,000 pounds of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963...

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