No. 22-5913

John Berman v. Kristin Draper

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2022-10-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: circuit-court-interpretation continuity extortion fund-freezing hj-standard judicial-review legal-standard ongoing-entity predicate-acts regular-way-of-doing-business rico rico-continuity
Latest Conference: 2023-03-24 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does the DC Circuit 's statement on RICO
continuity directly contradict the HJ standard:
"the threat of continuity may be established by
showing that the predicate acts or offenses are
part of an ongoing entity's regular way
of doing business? " YES

2. Is the DC Circuit 's statement on RICO
continuity even a legal standard? NO

3. Was the trial court 's declaration of "entirely
lawful, " applied to the freezing of the $657k
Fund in order to extract a $100k claim,
erroneous and blind to obvious extortion? YES

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the DC Circuit's statement on RICO continuity directly contradict the HJ standard?

Docket Entries

2023-03-27
Rehearing DENIED. Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2023-03-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
2023-02-03
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2023-01-09
Petition DENIED. Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2022-12-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-04-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2022)

Attorneys

John Berman
John Berman — Petitioner