LeFloris Lyon v. Canadian National Railway Co., et al.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, forbids retaliation, against a whistleblower, law firm employees by a publicly traded company, any contractor, subcontractor or agent of such company. The questions presented are: Whether 18 U.S.C. 1503(a), a predicate act, applies to any person—retaliation, denial of access to the court, denial of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, judicial misconduct, Rule 60 fraud on the court, and conduct under 18 U.S.C. §1514A? Whether the Seventh Circuit erred—in conflict with all eleven other federal circuit courts of appeals and this Court—declined to rule on the application to proceed in forma pauperis, upholding dismissal with prejudice of a non-frivolous, non-malicious complaint stating a claim for relief? Whether denying both converting a notice of appeal to a petition for a writ of mandamus and amending a notice of appeal pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A)-(B) within 30 days or 60 days, being jurisdictional, is an abuse of discretion?