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Editor's note: opinion released June 30, 2000

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 00-OB-1368 IN RE: GEOFFREY DUANE THOMAS

ON APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR PER CURIAM*
Petitioner, Geoffrey Duane Thomas, applied to sit for the February 2000 Louisiana bar examination. On his application, petitioner answered affirmatively to a question inquiring whether he had ever defaulted on student loans, and he provided the Committee on Bar Admissions ("committee") with a detailed explanation of the circumstances contributing to the default. However, there was no indication that petitioner had entered into any agreement concerning repayment of the defaulted loans; as a result, the committee informed him that he did not satisfy his burden of establishing good moral character and fitness, which would cause the committee to recommend that petitioner's application for admission be denied. This court subsequently permitted petitioner to sit for the February bar examination, but upon successful completion of the examination, required that he demonstrate he meets the qualifications for admission. On April 13, 2000, the committee notified petitioner that he had successfully passed the essay portion of the Louisiana bar examination. On May 16, 2000, petitioner filed his application for admission in this court. Petitioner represents that he has entered into a "loan rehabilitation agreement" which will enable him to have his loans removed from a defaulted status and to establish a new payment schedule with the loan guarantor.

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Johnson, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part II,

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