No. 21-7868

Lee Michael Pederson v. Phillip Frost, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-05-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: calder-v-jones civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction intentional-interference personal-jurisdiction venue-transfer witness-tampering
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Minnesota have the power to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over Phillip Frost and CoCrystal Pharma, Inc. under Calder v Jones, where the intentionally damaged Lee Pederson's previous lawsuit in Minnesota Federal District Court by paying a potential witness (Respondent/ Defendant Daniel Fisher) to withhold promised documents and testimony from Pederson in the previous case?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Does Minnesota have the power to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over Phillip Frost and CoCrystal Pharma, Inc. under Calder v Jones, where the intentionally damaged Lee Pederson’s previous lawsuit in Minnesota Federal District Court by paying a potential witness (Respondent/ Defendant Daniel Fisher) to withhold promised documents and testimony from Pederson in the previous case? : i PARTIES All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. Petitioner Lee Pederson is a resident of Minnesota. Respondent Phillip Frost is a resident of Florida. Respondent CoCrystal Pharma, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business in Washington State. Respondent Daniel Fisher is a resident of California. RELATED CASES Pederson v. Frost, CoCrystal and Fisher, No. 19-cv-01777, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Judgment entered January 6, 2021. Pederson v. Frost, CoCrystal and Fisher, No. 21-1260, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Judgment entered December 29, 2021. Petition for rehearing denied February 8, 2022. ii

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-05-25
Waiver of right of respondent Phillip Frost to respond filed.
2022-05-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 13, 2022)

Attorneys

Lee M. Pederson
Lee Michael Pederson — Petitioner
Phillip Frost
Robert J. AnelloMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C., Respondent