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IN RE: Karl BLANKE A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 982481

District of Columbia Court of Appeals2018-08-02No. No. 18-BG-568
190 A.3d 1000

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PER CURIAM

On consideration of the certified order revoking respondents right to practice law in the state of Virginia by consent; this courts June 5, 2018, order suspending respondent pending resolution of this matter and directing him to show cause why the functionally identical reciprocal discipline of disbarment should not be imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it appearing that respondent has failed to file a response to the courts order or file his required D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit, it is

ORDERED that Karl Blanke is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See In re Sibley , 990 A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010) ; In re Fuller , 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does not participate). It is

FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement the period of respondents disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files a D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit.