ORDER

Upon consideration of the petition for disciplinary or remedial action filed in the above entitled matter in accordance with Md. Rule 16-773 and no response having been made by Navron Ponds, the respondent, to the show cause order, it is the 29th day of January 2004

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that Navron Ponds be, and he is hereby, disbarred, effective immediately, from the further practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall forthwith strike the name of Navron Ponds from the register of attorneys in the Court and shall certify that fact to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals in the State in accordance with Rule 16-760(e).