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             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 18-BG-1126

IN RE JOHN H. BRANSON
                                                    2018 DDN 301
A Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Bar Registration No. 438765

BEFORE: Beckwith, Associate Judge, and Nebeker and Ferren, Senior Judges.

                                   ORDER
                           (FILED – December 20, 2018)

       On consideration of the certified order of the state of Maine suspending
respondent from the practice of law in that state based on a disability; this court’s
October 29, 2018, order suspending respondent and directing him to show cause why
he should not be indefinitely suspended pursuant to a disability suspension under
D.C. Bar R. XI § 13 as reciprocal discipline; and the statement of Disciplinary
Counsel; and it appearing that respondent did not file a response to the court order
or the required D.C. Bar R. XI § 14 (g) affidavit, it is

       ORDERED that John H. Branson is hereby indefinitely suspended from the
practice of law in the District of Columbia pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI § 13. It is

       FURTHER ORDERED that respondent’s attention is directed to the
requirements of D.C. Bar R. XI § 13 (g) for reinstatement, as well as D.C. Bar R. XI
§ 14 relating to suspended attorneys and to the provisions of Rule XI § 16 (c) dealing
with the timing of eligibility for reinstatement as related to compliance with D.C.
Bar R. XI § 14, including the filing of the required affidavit.


                                 PER CURIAM
