No. 25-5941

Mohammad Reza Assadi v. Randolph N. Osherow, Chapter 7 Trustee

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-procedure chapter-7-trustee due-process electronic-filing jurisdictional-issue notice-requirements
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(b) and Article III permit a federal appellate court to enter judgment in the name of a discharged Chapter 7 trustee without substitution or notice during a pending appeal, and whether due process is violated by treating electronic docket entries as sufficient notice to non-ECF participants

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(b) — and Article III permit a federal appellate court to enter judgment in the name of a Chapter 7 trustee who had been discharged months earlier, without substitution or notice during pending appeal. Whether due process is violated when courts treat electronic docket entries as sufficient notice to non-ECF participants, allowing dispositive orders — including a Chapter 7 trustee ’s discharge — to issue without actual notice. II

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 24, 2025)

Attorneys

Mohammad Assadi
Mohammad Reza Assadi — Petitioner
Mohammad Reza Assadi — Petitioner