In re Masoud

Full title: In the Matter of Sa'adiyah Kanvel Masoud, an Attorney.

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date published: Jun 17, 2021

195 A.D.3d 1301 (N.Y. App. Div. 2021)

2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 3902

145 N.Y.S.3d 880

Opinion

PM–88–21

06-17-2021

In the MATTER OF Sa'adiyah Kanvel MASOUD, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4493797)

Sa'adiyah Kanvel Masoud, Boston, Massachusetts, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.

PER CURIAM.

Sa'adiyah Kanvel Masoud, Boston, Massachusetts, pro se.

Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.

Before: Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION

Per Curiam.

Sa'adiyah Kanvel Masoud was admitted to practice by this Court in 2007. Masoud now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [ 22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) opposes the application by correspondence from its Chief Attorney.

As is noted by AGC, Masoud is presently delinquent in her New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the biennial period beginning in 2021 (see Judiciary Law § 468–a ; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Masoud is therefore subject to potential disciplinary action (see Judiciary Law § 468–a [5] ; Rules of Professional Conduct [ 22 NYCRR 1200.0 ] rule 8.4[d]; see also Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a, 113 A.D.3d 1020, 1021, 979 N.Y.S.2d 548 [2014] ), she is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and her application must be denied (see Matter of Cluff, 148 A.D.3d 1346, 1346, 47 N.Y.S.3d 919 [2017] ; Matter of Bomba, 146 A.D.3d 1226, 1226–1227, 46 N.Y.S.3d 433 [2017] ). Further, any future application by Masoud must be supported by proof of her full satisfaction of the requirements of Judiciary Law § 468–a and Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (22 NYCRR) § 118.1 (see Matter of Frank, 146 A.D.3d 1228, 1228–1229, 46 N.Y.S.3d 434 [2017] ).

Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Sa'adiyah Kanvel Masoud's application for permission to resign is denied.