Rosalio U. Munoz and Michael E. Tigar v. Hon. A. Andrew Hauk and Hon. Jesse W. Curtis

This Petition arises out of United States v. Munoz, District Court No. 6540, a criminal proceeding in which Munoz is charged with having violated the Military Selective Service Act of 1967, 50 U.S.C.App. § 451 et seq. To represent him in the criminal proceeding, Munoz sought the assistance of Michael Tigar, his co-Petitioner in this court. In June, 1969, Tigar was appointed acting professor of law at the University of California at Los Angeles When he took up the position he became, and ever since has been, a resident of California. He has never sought admission to the California bar. For the purpose of representing Munoz, he applied for admission, pro hac vice, to the Bar of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He had never theretofore appeared as an attorney in the Central District, nor had he previously sought leave to do so. A hearing on the application was conducted by the Honorable A. Andrew Hauk, to whom Munoz’ criminal case had been assigned for the purpose of arraignment and plea. The evidence produced at such hearing contains no suggestion that Tigar is morally or professionally unfitted for the practice of law or for admission to the…