No. 19-5277

Robert M. Kowalski v. Executive Committee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: administrative-action bankruptcy constitutional-safeguards contempt-proceeding criminal-contempt due-process ex-parte judicial-review u.s-trustee us-trustee
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Order of the Executive Committee for the Northern District of Illinois declaring that an attorney is 'loud and disruptive' and ordering him in custody of the U.S. Marshal for each and every court appearance based upon factual findings made after ex parte report(s) made by the U.S. Trustee is a ministerial administrative action evading judicial review or whether it is a criminal contempt proceeding without constitutional safeguards?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the Order of the Executive Committee for the Northern District of Illinois declaring that an attorney is “loud and disruptive” and ordering him in custody of the U.S. Marshal for each and every court appearance based upon factual findings made after ex parte report(s) made by the U.S. Trustee is a ministerial administrative action evading judicial review or whether it is a criminal contempt proceeding without constitutional safeguards? Whether the U.S. Trustee for a tactical advantage in the bankruptcy proceedings can seek criminal contempt against an attorney debtor by an ex parte appearance before the Executive Committee?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 21, 2019)

Attorneys

Robert Kowalski
Robert M. Kowalski — Petitioner
Robert M. Kowalski — Petitioner