No. 22-7645

Bryan O'Brien v. Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, et al.

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: arbitrability civil-procedure court-jurisdiction exemption-doctrine federal-arbitration-act mandatory-language statutory-interpretation threshold-question wholly-grounded-exemption
Key Terms:
Arbitration
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal courts resolving the threshold question of arbitrability under some type of 'wholly grounded' exemption is consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act

Question Presented (from Petition)

Questions Presented . oo ; 1. Whether federal courts resolving the threshold question , of arbitrability under some type of “wholly grounded” ; ; exemption is consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act. 2, Whether the word “shall” actually means “shall” within : the context of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 3. : | | . 2 .

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-08
Petitioner complied with order of June 26, 2023.
2023-07-25
Application (23A66) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until August 8, 2023.
2023-07-17
Application (23A66) for an extension of time within which to comply with the order of June 26, 2023, submitted to Justice Jackson.
2023-06-26
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until July 17, 2023, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
2023-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-06-06
Waiver of right of respondents Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios to respond filed.
2023-03-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 26, 2023)

Attorneys

Bryan O'Brien
Bryan O'Brien — Petitioner
Bryan O'Brien — Petitioner
Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios
Matthew Alexander PorterPorter Law Group, P.C., Respondent
Matthew Alexander PorterPorter Law Group, P.C., Respondent