Opinion
No. 20-BG-83
04-30-2020
IN RE Babak BAGHERI A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 465302
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the certified order of the Court of Appeals of Maryland disbarring respondent by consent; this court's January 29, 2020, order suspending respondent pending resolution of this matter and directing him to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and the supplemental statement of Disciplinary Counsel informing the court that respondent filed his D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit on February 24, 2020; and it appearing that respondent failed to file a response to this court's order to show cause, it is
ORDERED that Babak Bagheri is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia, nunc pro tunc to February 24, 2020. See In re Sibley , 990 A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010) ; In re Fuller , 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does not participate).