Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood has no basis to seek a federal court's relief from a State Bar of Georgia investigation to determine whether he is fit to practice law, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. The post Judge Dismisses the Lawsuit Lin Wood Filed Against the State Bar of Georgia for Investigating His Mental Health first appeared on Law & Crime.
Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood has no basis to seek a federal court's relief from a State Bar of Georgia investigation to determine whether he is fit to practice law, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
After filing election suits, pro-Trump lawyer L. Lin Wood is asked to undergo mental health evaluation
L. Lin Wood Jr. in March 2020. Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian via Wikimedia Commons.
The State Bar of Georgia has asked lawyer L. Lin Wood Jr., a supporter of former President Donald Trump, to take a mental health examination after he got kicked off a defamation case for “surprising incompetence” in election litigation.
Wood said on the Telegram app that he will decline any request for an exam, report Law360, Reuters, Above the Law and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Georgia bar confirmed to Reuters and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Wood had been asked to take the exam. The state bar is investigating two complaints against Wood, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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