Florida0 The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday permanently disbarred crusading anti-porn lawyer Jack Thompson after years of review but left open a slim window of opportunity for reconsideration.

The Coral Gables, Fla., attorney represented himself as he contested a disbarment recommendation from Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dava Tunis in July and challenged a March opinion from the state’s high court barring him from future filings without the signature of another Bar member as a sanction for alleged abusive filings.

Thompson said in a telephone interview that he would file a request for an emergency stay in U.S. District Court in Miami, where he has filed a civil rights complaint against the Florida Supreme Court, the Florida Bar, Tunis and others involved in his case.

“I’m just getting warmed up,” he said. “They won this phase of the battle. Now we’re in a federal venue, which will give me relief.”

The court viewed Thompson’s filings contesting Tunis’ recommendations as meaningless in the wake of its order and disbarred him after his deadline for an answer tolled.

“There being no authorized petition for review filed and the time period to seek review has passed, the court has treated this as an uncontested case,” the order said.

Thompson has maintained the decision banning him from filing anything with the court under his own name violates his Sixth Amendment right to choose his own counsel.

The Supreme Court’s four-page order summarized 10 acts of unprofessional behavior by Thompson over the past three years. The court concluded Thompson made false statements to courts, falsely accused a judge of fixing cases and accused lawyers who filed complaints against him of being “criminal pornographers who objectify women.”

Thompson denies the allegations.

Tunis reviewed complaints based on Thompson’s appearance in an Alabama case and allegations filed with the Bar by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Ronald M. Friedman, Fayette County, Ala., Circuit Judge James Moore and attorneys from the law firms Tew Cardenas and Blank Rome.

Thompson tried unsuccessfully to get Tunis removed from his case by challenging her authority based on a forged signature on her 2000 loyalty oath. An investigation by the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office concluded the signature was a forgery, but the Miami-Dade Circuit Court issued a statement saying the judge’s authority flowed from a separate oath of office rather than the loyalty oath.

“Based on the record before it, the court agrees that [Thompson] is not amenable to rehabilitation,” the court wrote. Thompson has 30 days to close out his practice and was ordered to pay court costs of $43,675.

The court said Thompson could file a request for rehearing — but only if the motion were signed by another Bar member. Even then, the court said the disbarment date would not change.