Opinion
22-CV-4676 (LTS)
07-11-2022
JOHN J. OTROMPKE, Plaintiff, v. THE FIRST DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE ON CHARACTER AND FITNESS, et al., Defendants.
CIVIL JUDGMENT
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Pursuant to the order issued July 11, 2022, dismissing the complaint,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Plaintiff's claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the First and Fifth Amendments are dismissed without prejudice for lack of standing. The Court abstains under Younger v. Harris from adjudicating Plaintiff's Section 1983 claims for violations of the Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. The Court dismisses Plaintiff's challenge to the constitutionality of New York Judiciary Law § 90, and other rules imposing on applicants to the New York State Bar the burden of showing character and fitness, for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted.
The Court certifies under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the Court's judgment would not be taken in good faith.
SO ORDERED.