Diddy Applies Pressure After Tony Buzbee is Denied Ability to Practice in the SDNY

Last week it was revealed that Houston attorney Tony Buzbee had been denied permission to practice law in the Southern District of New York after filing hundreds of cases in the jurisdiction [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Diddy's lawyers have seized on Buzbee's misstep...

From USA Today

Sean Comb's defense team is taking aim at the lawyer representing a large share of the music mogul's alleged victims.

In a new motion filed Tuesday, Combs' lawyers opposed attorney Tony Buzbee's request to represent a client in the Southern District of New York despite not being licensed there, also known as "pro hac vice admission."

"In our collective decades of practice, undersigned counsel have never opposed a pro hac vice application, and we do not do so lightly here," the filing reads. "But Buzbee's egregious misconduct warrants denial of the privilege of appearing in this district."

The filing cites Buzbee's numerous pending civil suits in the Southern District of New York, where, Combs' legal team argues, he failed to disclose he had not yet received permission to represent his clients.

The filing from Combs' team cites a recent case brought by Buzbee that also ensnared rapper Jay-Z. The suit, which has since been dropped "with prejudice," accused both Combs and Jay-Z of rxping a teenager in 2000.

Prior to the suit's dismissal, Jay-Z's defense team pointed out that Buzbee had not received pro hac vice in the Southern District of New York, but rather had received it in the Eastern District and was planning to apply for reciprocal admission. Buzbee then applied and was denied on Feb. 13, the filing from Combs' lawyers notes.

The fact that he was denied once needs to be noted in any future application for practice in the Southern District, the motion argues, claiming that Buzbee only reapplied to practice in the district at the buzzer in this case, and has failed to do so for his other civil proceedings. He is carrying on as if he already has permission, Combs' legal team says.

"For nearly five months, Buzbee has filed case after case in this district against (Combs) in the name of anonymous plaintiffs without seeking admission of any kind and without disclosing his lack of admission," the filing reads.