ANONYMOUS v. KAYE

No. 97-CV-1064.

987 F.Supp. 131 (1997)

ANONYMOUS, Plaintiff, v. Chief Judge Judith S. KAYE, and Associate Judges Joseph Bellacosa, Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, Howard A. Levine, Richard Simons, George Bundi Smith, and Vito J. Titone Individually and in their Official Capacity as Judges of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, New York Board of Law Examiners and its Members Individually and in their Official Capacity, New York Rules for Admission to the Bar 22 NYCRR 520 et seq., Rules of the New York State Board of Law Examiners § 6000 et seq.; Chief Justice Wilentz, Justices Clifford, Handler, Pollock, O'Hern, Garibaldi, Stein, Individually and in their Official Capacity as Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, New Jersey Rules for Admission to the Bar NJR 1:21 et seq.; Deborah T. Poritz, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Former Attorney General of the State of New Jersey; New Jersey Court Rule 4:30A; New Jersey Court Rule 2:15-20; Seton Hall University School of Law, a Corporation of the State of New Jersey, the Board of Regents of Seton Hall University, the Trustees of Seton Hall University, the Trustees of Seton Hall University School of Law, Dean Ronald R. Riccio, Professor Carol R. Goforth, Professor D. Michael Risinger, Michael Zimmer, Individually and in their Official Capacities; the American Bar Association, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

December 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Barth, Liberty Corner, NJ, pro se.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of New York, Darren O'Connor, Asst. Atty. General, Albany, NY, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION & ORDER

McAVOY, Chief Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This bizarre civil rights case has a long and convoluted history. Plaintiff is a New Jersey resident who has sought to take the New York State Bar Exam. Plaintiff's application to take the New York State Bar Exam was denied by the New York State Board of Law Examiners because Plaintiff's law school, Seton Hall University School of Law ("Seton Hall"), refused to forward a "Law School...

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