A California judge has rejected a plea from attorney John Eastman to allow him to continue practicing law in the state while he continues to challenge the permanent revocation of his license.

In her ruling on Wednesday, State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland wrote that Mr. Eastman’s placement on “inactive enrollment” was mandatory, citing her previous ruling on the matter in March.

The judge noted that Mr. Eastman had filed a motion to stay the order placing him on inactive enrollment in which he argued that the court had the authority to temporarily delay the “effective date of, or temporarily stay the effect of an order for a licensee’s disciplinary suspension from practice upon a showing of good cause.”

“The court rejects this argument,” Judge Roland wrote in Thursday’s ruling, citing the fact that the Supreme Court has not yet made a final determination in the case or suspended his license.

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