Opinion
SC2023-1374
01-08-2024
The Florida Bar, Petitioner(s) v. Odiator Arugu, Respondent(s)
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 2023-30,459(09A)(OSC)
This is before the Court on The Florida Bar's Petition for Contempt and Order to Show Cause.
The Court having issued its Order to Show Cause to Respondent, and Respondent having filed a response to said Order to Show Cause, IT IS ORDERED that The Florida Bar's petition is granted, and Respondent is held in contempt of this Court's order in Florida Bar v. Arugu, 350 So.3d 1229 (Fla. 2022). As a sanction, Respondent is disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Florida. Respondent is currently suspended; therefore, this disbarment is effective immediately. Respondent shall fully comply with Rule Regulating The Florida Bar 3-5.1(h). Respondent shall also fully comply with Rule Regulating The Florida Bar 3-6.1, if applicable.
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from Odiator Arugu in the amount of $1,250.00, for which sum let execution issue.
Not final until time expires to file motion for rehearing, and if filed, determined. The filing of a motion for rehearing shall not alter the effective date of this disbarment.
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur.