No. 24-201

Daniel S. Fitzgerald v. United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: automatic-stay civil-claims civil-procedure criminal-defendant statutory-interpretation trafficking-victims-protection-act
Key Terms:
Arbitration
Latest Conference: 2024-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1595(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act requires an automatic stay of all civil claims pending a criminal case involving a non-party defendant

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the 18 U.S.C. § 1595(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (““TVPRA”) requires a stay of all claims brought by all parties in civil case indefinitely until the final adjudication of a criminal case against a criminal defendant who is not a party in the civil action, including claims not involving the criminal defendant and without presenting any evidence the civil action arises out of the same occurrence where any plaintiff is an alleged victim.

Docket Entries

2024-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York to respond filed.
2024-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 23, 2024)

Attorneys

Daniel S. Fitzgerald
Ernest Edward BadwayThompson Hine LLP, Petitioner
Ernest Edward BadwayThompson Hine LLP, Petitioner
United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent