Roshan
Roshan v. Lawrence
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PEYMAN ROSHAN, Case No. 20-cv-04770-AGT
Plaintiff, ORDER (1) GRANTING MOTION TO
DISMISS, (2) DENYING MOTION FOR
v. LEAVE TO AMEND, (3) DENYING
MOTION TO DEFER
MELANIE J. LAWRENCE, et al., CONSIDERATION OF MOTION TO
DISMISS
Defendants. 11 Re: ECF Nos. 9, 28, 30
13 In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, Peyman Roshan, a California lawyer facing discipline by the State Bar of California (“State Bar”) for numerous counts of professional misconduct, seeks to enjoin his ongoing disciplinary proceedings and an order declaring the State Bar’s disciplinary rules and procedures unconstitutional. The State Bar’s Office of Chief Trial Counsel (“OCTC”) and the head of OCTC, Melanie J. Lawrence (“Defendants”), have moved to dismiss, without leave to amend, on abstention grounds under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). ECF No. 9. After that motion was fully briefed, Roshan filed a motion for leave to amend (ECF…