No. 20-5886

Lynn Z. Smith v. Andrea Dobin

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: additional-documents bankruptcy bankruptcy-claim bankruptcy-judge bankruptcy-trustee creditor-claim creditor-documents debtor-rights evidence-discovery judicial-procedure rooker-feldman-doctrine
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-03-05 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When can a bankruptcy debtor obtain additional documents from a creditor to challenge the creditor's claim?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The Questions Presented that immediately follow provide the U.S. Supreme Court with an opportunity to zero-in on current abuses in our state and federal court system. Question 1: When a Bankruptcy Debtor files a formal objection to the amount of a Creditor’s claim and requests that the Creditor provide the Additional Documents that the Debtor believes would conclusively demonstrate that the size of the Creditor’s claim needs to be ; significantly reduced, can the Creditor refuse to provide the Additional Documents claiming that the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine precludes a Debtor from receiving such documents. Question 2: When a Bankruptcy Debtor files a formal objection to the amount of a Creditor’s claim and requests that the Creditor provide the Additional Documents that the Debtor believes would conclusively demonstrate that the size of the Creditor’s claim needs to be significantly reduced, can the Bankruptcy judge deny the Additional Documents claiming that the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine precludes a Debtor from receiving such documents. . Question 8: When a Bankruptcy Debtor files a formal objection to the amount of a Creditor’s claim and requests that the Creditor provide the Additional Documents that the Debtor believes would conclusively demonstrate that the size of the Creditors claim needs to be significantly reduced, can the Bankruptcy Trustee deny the Additional Documents claiming that the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine precludes a Debtor from receiving such documents.

Docket Entries

2021-03-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2020-12-26
Petitioner complied with order of December 7, 2020.
2020-12-07
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until December 28, 2020, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a).
2020-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-10-22
Supplemental brief of petitioner Lynn Z. Smith filed.
2020-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Lynn Z. Smith
Lynn Z. Smith — Petitioner
Lynn Z. Smith — Petitioner