In re: Thomas Plimpton , 113 A.3d 1087 ( 2015 )

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
No. 15-BG-7
IN RE: THOMAS PLIMPTON,
Respondent.
Bar Registration No. 436571 BDN: 288-14
BEFORE: Beckwith, Associate Judge, and King and Reid, Senior Judges.
ORDER
(FILED - April 30, 2015)
On consideration of the certified order of the Court of Appeals of Maryland
disbarring respondent from the practice of law in that jurisdiction, see Attorney
Grievance Com’n of Maryland v. Plimpton, 105 A.3d 479 (Md. 2014), this court’s
January 29, 2015, order directing respondent to show cause why the reciprocal
discipline of disbarment should not be imposed, and the statement of Bar Counsel
regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent has failed to file
either a response to this court’s order to show cause or the affidavit as required by
D.C. Bar R. XI, §14 (g), it is
ORDERED that Thomas Plimpton is hereby disbarred from the practice of law
in the District of Columbia. 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 to all cases in which the respondent does not participate). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement respondent’s period
of disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files an affidavit that fully
complies with the requirements of D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g).
PER CURIAM