In Re Gerald D.W. North

Gerald North, an attorney, appeals an order of the District Court for the District of Arizona upholding his prior suspension from the practice of law before that court. We hold: (1) that the rule generally barring jurisdiction over denials of applications to district court bars does not deprive us of jurisdiction to consider North’s appeal; (2) that North’s claim that the district court followed improper procedures in suspending him from its own bar on the basis of his suspension from the State Bar of Arizona is moot because North’s suspension from the state bar has expired and does not fall into the category of cases capable of repetition yet evading review; (3) North’s claim that District of Arizona Local Rule 1.5(a) is generally invalid because it could permit insufficient review of state court suspension procedures is not properly before us; and (4) that, although the question is not moot, North has not shown that Rule 1.5(a) violates precedent governing membership requirements for district court bars. We therefore affirm the district court.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

We recite the following facts based on North’s own brief to this court and a limited record below, as…