Lenore Albert v. Roxanne Gonzalez

I. Background

On April 12, 2023, Plaintiff Lenore Albert (“Plaintiff”) filed this action in the Central District of California, challenging the constitutionality of one of the Local Rules of the Eastern District of California (“Eastern District”). (See generally Dkt. 1 (“Compl.”).) Plaintiff brings this action against Defendant Roxanne Gonzalez (“Defendant”), a clerk in the Eastern District, based on a change in Plaintiff’s status as an attorney in good standing to practice in the Eastern District from “active” to “inactive” on or before March 3, 2021. (Id. ¶¶ 3, 6-8.) The Complaint alleges Defendant effectuated the change in Plaintiff’s status under Eastern District Local Rules 180 and 184. (Id. ¶ 11.) It appears from the Complaint that Plaintiff was “ineligible to practice law on the California State Bar website on or about March 1, 2021,” but that there was no “judge ordered reciprocal suspension” against Plaintiff in the Eastern District. (See id. ¶ 10.) The Complaint asserts that, because Plaintiff was not given notice or an opportunity for a hearing prior to her change in status, these Local Rules are incompatible with federal law. (See id. ¶¶ 13, 15.) In…