No. 18-1212

Anthony Pappas v. Joseph Lorintz, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Supreme Court Judge of New York, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: campaign-funds civil-procedure civil-rights divorce-court divorce-court-seizure due-process federal-campaign-finance federal-election federal-election-law free-speech judicial-error prior-restraint standing writ-of-mandamus
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-05-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals commit reversible error when it denied a Writ of Mandamus sought by Petitioner as a candidate for Congress to prevent the seizure of his campaign funds by a state divorce court in a case subject to recurrence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED: : 1) Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals commit reversible error when it denied a Writ of Mandamus ; sought by Petitioner as a candidate for Congress to : prevent the seizure of his campaign funds by a state : divorce court in a case subject to recurrence? ’ 2) Under the extraordinary circumstances of this case featuring a four-month conversion of federal campaign : funds by a bank, divorce lawyer and ex-spouse, was ita ~ neglect of duty for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to allow a federal district court to delay decision on an . emergency application until after Election Day? ; . 3) Ina two-sentence summary order, was it serious error for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to ; disregard a prior restraint on free speech issued in 2011 by a divorce judge along with other retaliatory impositions which seriously harmed a candidate’s ability to campaign for federal office?

Docket Entries

2019-05-20
Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2019-04-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-26
Waiver of right of respondents Lorintz; State of New York to respond filed.
2019-03-20
Waiver of right of respondent TD Bank, N.A. to respond filed.
2019-03-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2019)

Attorneys

Anthony Pappas
Anthony Pappas — Petitioner
Lorintz; State of New York
Barbara Dale UnderwoodSolicitor General, Respondent
TD Bank, N.A.
Matthew Allen FitzgeraldMcGuireWoods LLP, Respondent