Lawyer fails to stop Virgin Islands disciplinary counsel’s investigation

It would be inappropriate to intervene in a U.S. Virgin Islands disciplinary attorney proceeding involving a Florida lawyer who also practiced in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a federal judge has ruled.

Peter J. Lynch’s complaint against two USVI Supreme Court disciplinary attorneys was dismissed with prejudice because they are immune from damages for alleged civil rights violations in their official and individual capacities, said Judge Mark A. Kearney of the District Court of the Virgin Islands . in a Monday advisory.

Pointing Younger vs. HarrisKearney also ruled that the court would refrain from interfering with the disciplinary proceedings by…