
    IN RE: Karl BLANKE
    A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
    Bar Registration No. 982481
    No. 18-BG-568
    District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
    Filed - August 2, 2018
    ORDER
   PER CURIAM

On consideration of the certified order revoking respondent's right to practice law in the state of Virginia by consent; this court's 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 court's 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 respondent's disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files a D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit.  