NO. 27685
IN
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I
OFFICE
OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner,
vs.
CHARLES R. BROWN, Respondent.
(ODC 05-113-8265, ODC 05-178-8330,
ODC 05-179-8331, ODC 05-180-8332)
ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR THE
IMMEDIATE
SUSPENSION OF RESPONDENT CHARLES R. BROWN FROM
THE PRACTICE OF LAW
PURSUANT TO RSCH RULE 2.12A
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)
Upon consideration of (1) Petitioner Office of Disciplinary Counsel's
(Petitioner
ODC) ongoing disciplinary investigation of Respondent Charles R. Brown
(Respondent
Brown), (2) Petitioner ODC's December 29, 2005 petition for
the immediate
suspension of Respondent Brown, from the practice of law pursuant to
Rule 2.12A of
the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai`i (RSCH),
(3) Petitioner ODC's
December 29, 2005 ex parte motion to file under seal the
attached records
(Exhibits 1 to 17 to the petition for the immediate suspension of
Respondent Brown
from the practice of law pursuant to RSCH Rule 2.12A),
(4) the January 13, 2006
order to appear within ten (10) days and show cause as to why
Respondent Brown
should not be immediately suspended from the practice of law pursuant
to RSCH Rule
2.12A, (5) the February 15, 2006 order granting in part and
denying in part
Petitioner ODC's February 10, 2006 motion for service upon Respondent
Brown by
certified mail of the order to appear and show cause,
(6) Petitioner ODC's March
15, 2006 affidavit of Magali V. Sunderland regarding Petitioner ODC's
service upon
Respondent Brown by certified mail of
- the January 13, 2006 order to appear and show cause,
- Petitioner ODC's December 29, 2005 petition for the
immediate suspension of
Respondent Brown from the practice of law pursuant to
RSCH Rule 2.12A,
- Petitioner ODC's December 29, 2005 ex parte motion
to file under seal the
attached records (Exhibits 1 to 17 to the petition for the immediate
suspension
of Respondent Brown from the practice of law pursuant to RSCH Rule
2.12A), and
- the February 15, 2006 order granting in part and denying in part
Petitioner
ODC's February 10, 2006 motion for service upon Respondent Brown by
certified
mail of the order to appear and show cause,
(7) Respondent Brown's lack of a response to the January 13, 2006
order to appear
and show cause, and (8) the record, we find that Respondent Brown is
guilty of
failing to cooperate with Petitioner ODC's disciplinary investigation
and this
disciplinary proceeding. Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED, pursuant to RSCH Rule 2.12A(b), that Respondent
Charles R.
Brown (attorney number 7570) is suspended from the practice of law in
Hawai`i,
effective immediately and until further order of this court.
DATED: Honolulu,
Hawai`i, March 28, 2006.
Magali V. Sunderland,
special assistant disciplinary
counsel, for petitioner
Charles R. Brown,
respondent pro se