Douglas Pell v. Amy Nunez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DOUGLAS MERCER PELL, No. 23-55188

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-03732- v. MWF-RAO

AMY NUÑEZ, Director of Admissions, State Bar of California, OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 15, 2024* Pasadena, California

Filed April 30, 2024

Before: Richard C. Tallman, Sandra S. Ikuta, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). PELL V. NUÑEZ

SUMMARY**

Fourteenth Amendment/California State Bar

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s dismissal of a law student’s action against the California State Bar’s Director of Admissions alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment and California’s Unruh Act, and remanded. The State Bar summarily denied plaintiff’s petition for a hearing to…