bankruptcy-fraud

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5082 Jake Bylsma v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2025-07-10 Denied IFP appellate-review bankruptcy-fraud judicial-misconduct real-estate-fraud state-corruption third-circuit Is a Real Estate and Bankruptcy Fraud racket operated by the Pennsylvania Judicial Elite a compelling reason for Supreme Court review?
24-6088 Carl N. Merkle v. Johnny W. Thomas, Chapter 7 Trustee Fifth Circuit 2024-12-06 Denied IFP bankruptcy-fraud civil-rights constitutional-law due-process organized-crime whistleblower-protection Is Merkle's surviving Chapter 11 bankruptcy case now a ripe Article III case ready to proceed to discovery and jury trial as an 18 USC Chapter 13, Civ…
24-195 Bensam Swakeen v. Mary S. Pandian, et al. Second Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-procedure due-process financial-disclosure judicial-misconduct summary-judgment Whether the bankruptcy court improperly handled summary judgment and financial disclosure procedures in a complex bankruptcy case involving potential …
22-5860 Brent Evan Webster v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ninth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-152-4 bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-fraud constitutional-rights creditor-claims due-process false-claims foreclosure perfected-claims secured-and-unsecured-creditors Is it true that the courts erred by allowing the USBK Court Division Portland, Oregon and their attorneys to violate webster's due-process-rights allo…
21-1608 McKinsey & Co., Inc., et al. v. Jay Alix Second Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-fraud circuit-split civil-claims civil-rico judicial-precedent precedent proximate-causation RICO statutory-interpretation supervisory-responsibilities Whether lower courts must follow the standard established by this Court's precedent for an element of a plaintiff's statutory claim, even if, in the c…
21-1135 Goyko Gustav Kuburovich v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud criminal-procedure due-process false-statements federal-prosecution fraud jury-instructions jury-unanimity statutory-interpretation sua-sponte Whether a district court has an obligation to issue a sua sponte jury unanimity instruction when a criminal defendant is prosecuted for a single count…
21-908 Kate Marie Bartenwerfer v. Kieran Buckley Ninth Circuit 2021-12-21 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud circuit-split civil-liability discharge discharge-exception fraud imputation imputation-liability statutory-interpretation Whether an individual can be subject to liability for another's fraud barred from discharge in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) by imputation…
20-6429 John L. Howell v. Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud chapter-7-proceeding embezzlement estate-administration fiduciary-duty fraud injunction sanctions secured-creditor trustee-misconduct May the lower court endorse a trustee's scheme to defraud secured estate creditors?
20-6430 John L. Howell v. Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied IFP bankruptcy-fraud breach-of-fiduciary-duty chapter-7-bankruptcy embezzlement estate-administration falsification-of-evidence fiduciary-duty fraud-upon-the-court secured-creditor trustee-duties trustee-misconduct May the lower court endorse a trustee's scheme to defraud secured estate creditors
20-393 Alex Rahmi v. Pill & Pill, PLLC West Virginia 2020-09-25 Denied asset-liquidation bankruptcy-fraud class-action due-process federal-rules foreclosure-fraud foreclosure-scheme retaliation whistleblower-protection What legal issues are being raised?
19-945 Fred S. Pardes v. Susan Doan California 2020-01-28 Denied asset-concealment automatic-stay bankruptcy-fraud debtor-disclosure estoppel intentionally-omitted-assets post-discharge-injunction unclean-hands Whether a dishonest bankruptcy debtor has unclean hands or is estopped from seeking relief
19-5086 Iris McClain v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied IFP bankruptcy-fraud civil-procedure district-court emotional-distress false-and-deceitful-misrepresentation fourth-circuit fraud-upon-the-court infliction-of-emotional-distress mail-and-wire-fraud mail-fraud wire-fraud Whether the Fourth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's Order Dismissing the Bankruptcy Fraud (Claim …
18-1345 Charles G. Kinney v. Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud civil-rights creditor-liability creditors discharged-debtor due-process federal-officers first-amendment fraud judges-and-justices judicial-crimes judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-challenge statutory-violation Whether federal courts have improperly ignored federal and state laws that violate the petitioner's First Amendment rights, and whether the applicatio…
18-1351 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele Renee Clark Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-law civil-rights creditor-misconduct criminal-concealment discharge-injunction due-process enforcement-duty first-amendment fraud judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct statutory-violation Kinney v. Clark
18-1349 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele Renee Clark Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-524 attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-crimes bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-procedure civil-rights creditor-misconduct criminal-concealment criminal-law discharge-injunction discharge-violation discharged-debtor due-process fraud judicial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Whether the motion to re-open was justified due to crimes (e.g. fraud) and judicial accessories-after-the-fact
18-1347 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele Renee Clark Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-law civil-rights creditor-misconduct criminal-concealment criminal-law discharge-injunction discharge-violation due-process federal-enforcement fraud judicial-misconduct statutory-immunity Whether the removal was due to crimes (e.g. fraud) and judicial accessories-after-the-fact
18-8854 Steve Zinnel v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-schedules constructive-amendment due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-fact-finding sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment stirone-v-united-states wamu-personal-checking-account Whether there was an unconstitutional constructive amendment or prejudicial variance