Opinion
2:20-ms-00046-MMD
10-04-2023
In re Lucas Grower, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 11384
MIRANDA M. DU CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
ORDER
MIRANDA M. DU CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
I. SUMMARY
This is an attorney discipline matter. Before the Court is Attorney Lucas Grower's petition for reinstatement (the “Petition”). (ECF No. 19.) As further explained below, the Court will grant the Petition.
II. BACKGROUND
The Nevada Supreme Court (“NSC”) suspended Grower in 2020. (ECF No. 4 at 4.) After giving Grower three chances to respond to an order to show cause as to why Grower should not be reciprocally suspended (ECF Nos. 1, 5, 9, 12, 16), the Court reciprocally suspended Grower in 2021 (ECF No. 16).
The Petition followed. (ECF No. 19.) In his Petition, Attorney Grower asks to be reinstated primarily because he has successfully discharged the probationary conditions that the NSC imposed on him as part of his suspension, and therefore may now practice in state court fully unencumbered by any requirements imposed on him as a result of prior discipline. (Id. at 1-3.)
III. DISCUSSION
Local Rule IA 11-7(i) states that an attorney who is the subject of an order of suspension “may petition for reinstatement to practice before this court or for modification of the order as may be supported by good cause and the interests of justice.” LR IA 11-7(i). The Rule further provides: “if the attorney was readmitted by the supervising court or the discipline imposed by the supervising court was modified or satisfied, the petition must explain the situation with specificity, including a description of any restrictions or conditions imposed on readmission by the supervising court.” Id. However, the decision as to whether and under what circumstances the attorney will be reinstated to practice before this Court is left to the discretion of the Chief Judge, or other reviewing Judge if the Chief Judge refers the matter to another judge. See id.; see also LR IA 11-7(a).
The Court will grant the Petition because Grower has sufficiently demonstrated he successfully discharged the NSC's probationary conditions and is an attorney in good standing with the State Bar of Nevada. (ECF No. 19 at 1-3; see also ECF No. 19-1 at 2 (letter from the State Bar noting that Grower's attorney discipline file is now closed).) The Court thus finds that Grower has shown cause to be readmitted to the bar of this Court.
IV. CONCLUSION
It is therefore ordered that Grower's petition for reinstatement (ECF No. 19) is granted.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 5(b) and LR 5-1, I hereby certify that I am an employee of the United States District Court, and that on this 10th day of October 2023, I caused to be served a true and correct copy of the foregoing Order granting motion for reinstatement to the following party via Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, via the United States Postal Service, in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, to the following:
Lucas A. Grower
631 S. Ninth St.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Certified Mail No.: 7020 3160 0000 7420 4811