Benjamin Kohn v. State Bar of California

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 21 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BENJAMIN KOHN, No. 20-17316

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 4:20-cv-04827-PJH

v.

MEMORANDUM*

STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA;

CALIFORNIA COMMITTEE OF BAR

EXAMINERS, and Their Agents in Their Official Capacity,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Phyllis J. Hamilton, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 15, 2024 ** San Francisco, California

Before: WARDLAW, CALLAHAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

In Kohn v. State Bar of California, 87 F.4th 1021 (9th Cir. 2023), our court

sitting en banc reaffirmed our precedent holding that the State Bar of California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). enjoys Eleventh Amendment immunity. We must now address whether the…