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25-5934 David C. Kwok v. Zhong Qiu Li, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review bankruptcy-law circuit-court de-novo-review judicial-discretion legal-procedure 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit fails to distinguish between issues raised in the trial court and arguments there made, as this…
25-21 William F. Kaetz v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-law constitutional-challenge first-amendment judicial-immunity separation-of-powers student-loans 1. Can federal courts, consistent with the Consti tution, assume legislative authority by creating fed eral common law on judicial immunity, filing re…
25-6 Thomas Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2025-07-01 Granted Amici (6)Relisted (2) bad-faith bankruptcy-law civil-claims judicial-estoppel judicial-integrity procedural-doctrine Whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel can be invoked to bar a plaintiff who fails to disclose a civil claim in bankruptcy filings from pursuing th…
24-1200 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2025-05-23 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-law judicial-dicta legislative-history miscarriage-of-justice separation-of-powers student-loan 1. Separation of Powers and Miscarriage of Justice: Does a federal judge's reliance on non-binding judicial dicta from United Student Aid Funds v. Esp…
24-940 Timothy L. Blixseth v. Montana Department of Revenue Ninth Circuit 2025-03-03 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-law circuit-split congressional-power eleventh-amendment involuntary-bankruptcy sovereign-immunity Whether the Eleventh Amendment prevents Congress from authorizing citizens to collect damages against states that force citizens into bankruptcy with …
24-432 William F. Kaetz v. Educational Credit Management Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2024-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-law bill-of-rights constitutional-rights judicial-review separation-of-powers student-loans Can this Court, consistently with its obligations to uphold and to enforce the Constitution, trade the constitutionally guaranteed rights of millions …
23-1236 Law Office of Rogelio Solis PLLC, et al. v. Catherine Stone Curtis Fifth Circuit 2024-05-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law debtor-interest erie-doctrine federal-common-law legal-determination property-ownership property-rights state-law Question not identified.
23-1086 Megan Marie Teter v. United States Trustee Sixth Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-action equal-access-to-justice-act remedial-statute sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether a contested matter initiated by the United States in a bankruptcy case is a "civil action" within the ambit of the Equal Access to Justice Act…
23-721 Gayle Killilea v. Richard M. Coan, et al. Second Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) avoidance-action bankruptcy-law civil-procedure evidence expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence jury property-transfer rules-of-evidence statutory-interpretation trust This case arises out of a fraudulent conveyance action. It concerns whether certain real estate located in Ireland was held in trust—a question of fac…
23-603 Jeffrey Gray Thomas v. California Department of Justice, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-05 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-taxation fraud free-speech judicial-misconduct rooker-feldman state-court-sanctions taxation I. Does Rooker-Feldman cutoff Petitioner's attack on Defendants-Respondents' fraudulent inducement to the state courts to enter fraudulent orders of s…
23-489 Office of the United States Trustee v. USA Sales, Inc., dba Statewide Distributors, a California Corporation Ninth Circuit 2023-11-08 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-trustees constitutional-uniformity judicial-remedy retrospective-refunds statutory-interpretation Whether the appropriate remedy for the constitutional uniformity violation found by this Court in Siegel, supra, is to require the United States Trust…
23-278 United States Trustee Region 21 v. Bast Amron LLP Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-22 GVR Relisted (3) bankruptcy-administration bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees constitutional-law constitutional-uniformity judicial-districts remedial-relief statutory-interpretation uniform-laws Whether the appropriate remedy for the constitutional uniformity violation found by this Court in Siegel, supra, is to require the United States Trust…
23-5491 Saundra S. Brooke v. Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-law circuit-court civil-procedure court-procedure due-process evidence evidence-withholding exculpatory-evidence judicial-discretion standing Whether the lower abused her discretion when she withheld evidence in the record from the fourth circuit and disregarded a discharged bankruptcy in th…
22-1238 Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-06-23 Judgment Issued Amici (6) bankruptcy-administration bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees bankruptcy-uniformity constitutional-law constitutional-uniformity judicial-districts remedial-relief united-states-trustee Whether the appropriate remedy for the constitutional uniformity violation found by this Court in Siegel, supra, is to require the United States Trust…
22-1072 Lori A. Saxon v. Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation District of Columbia 2023-05-04 Denied 1st-amendment 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 7th-amendment bankruptcy-law constitutional-rights debt-collection due-process homestead-law judicial-foreclosure (1) Were Lori Saxon's fundamental guaranteed rights to Due Process and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 14th amendments violated…
21-8026 William F. Kaetz v. Educational Credit Management Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-law constitutional-vagueness due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment standing statutory-interpretation takings vagueness Is the statute 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(8) void for vagueness therefore unconstitutional?
21-1123 William K. Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Clinton Nurseries, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-14 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws 1. Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115-72, Div. B, 131 Stat. 1232 (28 U.S.C. 1930(a)(6)(B) (2018)), which…
21-1078 Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-02-04 GVR Relisted (2) bankruptcy-act bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws 1. Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115-72, Div. B, 131 Stat. 1232 (28 U.S.C. 1930(a)(6)(B) (2018)), which…
21-1033 Edward Mandel v. White Nile Software, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied appellate-procedure bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-procedure discharge due-process judicial-review non-dischargeable-claims settlement-agreement 1. Where the court of appeals did not allow evidence, witness and expert testimony at trial on the Settlement Agreement, should this Court summarily g…
21-5290 Gordon Nitka v. Department of Education Tenth Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-law brunner-test default loan-default repayment-period rosenberg speculative-income student-loan-discharge student-loans undue-hardship analyzing the second prong of the Brunner test to determine "undue hardship," how should courts weigh speculation on the borrower's future income pote…
21-17 David Hargreaves v. Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc., aka Heckmann Corporation, aka Rough Rider Escrow, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abstention-doctrine article-three-jurisdiction bankruptcy bankruptcy-law case-jurisdiction equitable-mootness federal-courts judicial-abstention jurisdiction reorganization-plan Several courts of appeals have adopted a new abstention doctrine—called "equitable mootness"—under which Article III courts decline to exercise jurisd…
20-1554 Citizens Against Corporate Crime, LLC v. Lennar Corporation Third Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law claim-release false-claims-act government-investigation government-official investigation public-interest qui-tam release This petition for a writ of certiorari raises a matter of exceptional importance — whether or not a false claims act qui tam claim on behalf of the pu…
20-1307 Michael White v. Donald Knapp, Jr., et al. Michigan 2021-03-19 Denied bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-law debtor-rights due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit preemption preemption-doctrine property-ownership property-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction When a debtor uses 11 USC 522(d)(3) to legally exempt property from the bankruptcy estate and a subsequent state court jurisdiction ownership conflict…
20-7477 Hakimah Jabbar v. James L. Graham, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-law circuit-conflict conflict-of-laws due-process fiduciary-duty forfeited-property property-law statutory-interpretation trust-beneficiary trust-law 1) The U.S Court of Appeals 6th Cir. Affirming of District Court decision directly conflicts with the Appeals Court 's opinion, In re Adams, 302 B.R.…
20-1201 Michael D. J. Eisenberg v. Shirley Swain District of Columbia 2021-03-01 Denied bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law concurrent-jurisdiction core-bankruptcy-funds court-order-validity federal-bankruptcy-law federal-law-interpretation fraud-discharge judicial-conduct judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct void-orders The undisputed facts and circumstances demonstrate that the lower courts' decisions lack both factual and legal sufficiency — simply put, pursuant to …
20-1076 SE Property Holdings, LLC, as Successor by Merger to Vision Bank v. Jerry D. Gaddy Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Relisted (2) 11-usc-523-a-2-a actual-fraud asset-transfer bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law circuit-split creditor-rights debtor-protection fraudulent-transfers husky-international-electronics-inc-v-ritz 1. Does a creditor sufficiently state a claim under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) to except from discharge a debt "for money, property, services, or an ext…
20-126 Andalusian Global Designated Activity Company, et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law creditor-liens municipal-finance property-rights secured-lending statutory-interpretation Federal bankruptcy law generally provides that a creditor's lien does not extend to "property acquired . . . after the commencement of the [bankruptcy…
20-8 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, et al. v. Robert R. McCormick Foundation, et al. Second Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) bankruptcy-law creditor-rights financial-institution fraudulent-transfers merit-management-group merit-management-precedent preemption 1. Whether the court of appeals correctly held, in conflict with the decisions of four other circuits and of this Court, that the presumption against …
19-8374 In Re Sha'Ron A. Sims 2020-04-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-law chapter-13 civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process jury-trial property-rights QUESTION: DO DEBTORS IN THIS NATION HAVE A RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL, WITHIN THE CHAPTER 13 CONTEXT, WHEN DISPUTING ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO A CLAIM ON A PRIM…
19-8288 Mac Truong, et al. v. R. Kenneth Barnard, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 341(a)-meeting asset-collection bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure chapter-7 chapter-7-trustee creditor-meeting debtor-rights discharge discharge-denial trustee 1. May a Chapter 7 Trustee proceed to collect a Chapter 7 Debtor 's assets before the Debtor would have successfully attended at least one 11 USC 341…
19-7579 Philip G. Barry v. Thomas Perkins, et ux. Second Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied IFP automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment state-court-judgments void-ab-initio Whether the so-called "Rooker-Feldman Doctrine" strips bankruptcy and other lower federal courts of jurisdiction to avoid or otherwise declare a sta…
19-7263 Praveen Kevin Khurana v. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Idaho 2020-01-13 Denied IFP bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-law-11-usc-362 civil-procedure due-process fraudulent-transfer governmental-unit medicaid-recovery probate property-rights property-tax property-transfer real-estate real-estate-transfer supremacy-clause voidable 1) Whether pre-petition probate charges/claims by a governmental unit against a real property of a debtor are treated the same as property tax charges…
19-7073 Anthony Thomas v. Kenmark Ventures, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure bankruptcy-law civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-on-the-court judicial-bias judicial-fraud mandate mandate-recall supreme-court-precedent void-judgment Did the Ninth Circuit commit error by failing to recall the mandate based upon this Court's intervening decision in Lamar, Archer & Cofrin. LLP v. App…
19-209 Thomas W. McDonald, Jr., Chapter 13 Trustee v. Paul E. Wenzloff, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-law-standing-chapter-13-chapter-7-fraud case-conversion chapter-13 chapter-7 fraud legal-precedent malfeasance standing trustee-standing Did this Court's ruling in Harris v. Viegelahn, 575 U.S. (2015) overrule 134 years of legal precedent established in Barton v. Barber, 104 U.S. 126 (1…
19-137 Vibe Micro, Inc. v. SIG Capital, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-statute circuit-split damages federal-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy involuntary-petition non-debtor non-debtor-relief standing statutory-interpretation Whether 11 U.S.C. § 303(i) forbids non-debtors from obtaining relief from an improper bankruptcy filing
18-1563 Ronald Bias v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board Fifth Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law chapter-13 chapter-13-bankruptcy constitutional-amendments constitutional-rights debtor-standing disclosure-requirements due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-estoppel post-confirmation-claims standing Does the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's precedent that all Chapter 13 debtors have a continuing duty to disclose all post-confirmation claims offend …
18-9221 Barrington M. Hamilton, aka Jaame Amun Re El v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law civil-procedure civil-rights creditor-claims debt-discharge due-process government-administration government-liability legal-procedure property-rights statutory-interpretation Does the accepted governing statutory law Title 44 USC § 594 authorize trespass or conversion against discharged property according to its ministerial…
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
18-1351 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
18-1281 Hayes B. Milliman v. Timothy L. Randall California 2019-04-08 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-law congressional-intent constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-question markham-v-allen probate-exception state-probate-court trust trusts wills What is the scope of the probate exception to federal jurisdiction?
18-8465 Paula Jo Kunsman v. Joel Wall Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP access-to-courts access-to-justice bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-1307 bankruptcy-dismissal bankruptcy-judge-discretion bankruptcy-law chapter-13 circuit-split dismissal due-process judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-debtor Are Bankruptcy Judges dismissing too many pro se debtors' cases without cause?
18-1184 Charles Kinney v. Michele R. Clark California 2019-03-13 Denied 11-usc-524 bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-law-violation chapter-7 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-rights discharge-of-debt discharged-debt due-process judicial-misconduct personal-liability unconstitutional-vagueness vexatious-litigant vexatious-litigant-law Whether state court judges and justices are ignoring bankruptcy law that voids any order implying a discharged Chapter 7 'no asset' debtor still has p…
18-8304 Whitney N. Broach v. David G. Peake, Chapter 13 Trustee Fifth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied IFP attorney-mistakes bankruptcy-attorney bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-filings bankruptcy-judge bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-petition bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure due-process excusable-neglect federal-courts federal-rules-civil-procedure medical-bills procedural-rights Does a Federal Bankruptcy Judge deny the debtor's procedural and substantive due process by holding the debtor responsible for the Bankruptcy Attorney…
18-1138 Charles Kinney v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2019-03-04 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights constitutional-vagueness due-process first-amendment judicial-bias judicial-discretion retaliation standing vexatious-litigant Unconstitutional vagueness of California vexatious litigant law, violation of civil and constitutional rights, bankruptcy law violations, due process …
18-1130 David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6)
18-7911 Albert Miklos Kun v. State Bar of California California 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 11th-amendment 14th-amendment bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-preemption federalism fourteenth-amendment sovereign-immunity standing state-bar Whether petitioner's right to protection by the Eq Whether petitioner's rights protected by the Due P Whether the California Supreme Court may order pay Whether California waived its sovereign immunity to the Bankruptcy Clause
18-957 NextEra Energy, Inc. v. Elliott Associates, L.P., et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Amici (1) 11-usc-363 11-usc-503 bankruptcy bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-sale breakup-fee business-judgment-rule circuit-split debtor section-363 section-503 Whether a debtor's decision to agree to a negotiated breakup fee should be reviewed under the business judgment rule or a heightened standard
18-784 Eldon Bugg v. Marc Honey, et al. Missouri 2018-12-20 Denied bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law common-law-torts diversity-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment national-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction Whether respondents' appearance in Missouri state court while the bankruptcy case was still open constituted presence in Missouri for purposes of pers…
18-6799 Maurice R. Nash v. Wachovia Bank, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-law civil-rights color-of-state-law congress congress-authority constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority legal-jurisdiction state-law Do the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Los Angeles, California 90012, Case Number LA02-30368TD, Acting under the Color of t…
18-562 Elizabeth Haring Coomes v. Maryland Insurance Administration Maryland 2018-10-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law automatic-stay bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-law-362-b-4 bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure double-jeopardy due-process insurance-licensing police-power regulatory-action regulatory-power Whether 11 U.S.C. 362(b)(4) applies to a Debtor's appeal of a final regulatory action
18-517 Charles G. Kinney v. Philip Gutierrez Ninth Circuit 2018-10-19 Denied abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process free-speech judicial-discretion professional-speech section-1983 vexatious-litigant issues-being-raised
18-516 Charles G. Kinney v. Philip Gutierrez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-19 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-procedure free-speech judicial-discretion professional-speech retaliation section-1983 vexatious-litigant Whether the 3-judge panel abused its discretion in dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, which allegedly covered up acts by Justice Gutierrez and …
18-515 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele R. Clark, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-procedure free-speech judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct professional-speech Dismissal of pro se litigant's appeals for alleged professional speech violations, cover-up of bankruptcy law violations, and abuse of discretion by a…
18-510 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele R. Clark, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-law free-speech hobbs-act judicial-discretion professional-speech state-court-proceedings vexatious-litigant Whether the dismissal of multiple appeals was an abuse of discretion to cover up violations of federal law and civil rights
18-508 Charles G. Kinney v. Tyson Takeuchi, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process false-statements federal-procedure free-speech judicial-discretion professional-speech Issue being raised
18-489 Bradley Weston Taggart v. Shelley A. Lorenzen, Executor of the Estate of Stuart Brown, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Judgment Issued Amici (8) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure civil-contempt creditor-good-faith creditor-rights debtor-rights discharge-injunction good-faith judicial-conflict Whether a creditor's good-faith belief that the discharge injunction does not apply precludes a finding of civil contempt
18-5548 Brian Tuttle v. Allied Nevada Gold Corp., et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review article-iii-courts bankruptcy-appeals bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law constitutional-rights equitable-mootness judicial-doctrine statutory-interpretation Whether Article III courts can refuse to exercise appellate jurisdiction assigned to them by Congress over final decisions of non-Article III bankrupt…
18-92 David V. Perry v. Bruce Kriegman Ninth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-law clawback-provisions constitutional-rights due-process fraudulent-transfer fundamental-human-rights ponzi-scheme presumption trustee vague-laws What is a Ponzi Scheme and are the vague laws and interpretations surrounding its definition and the subsequent enforcement of the Ponzi Scheme Presum…