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Anthony Pappas v. Joseph Lorintz, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Supreme Court Judge of New York, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 18-2701 · judgment December 21, 2018
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals commit reversible error when it denied a Writ of Mandamus sought by Petitioner as a candidate for Congress to prevent the seizure of his campaign funds by a state divorce court in a case subject to recurrence? Under the extraordinary circumstances of this case featuring a four-month conversion of federal campaign funds by a bank, divorce lawyer and ex-spouse, was it a neglect of duty for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to allow a federal district court to delay decision on an emergency application until after Election Day? In a two-sentence summary order, was it serious error for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to disregard a prior restraint on free speech issued in 2011 by a divorce judge along with other retaliatory impositions which seriously harmed a candidate's ability to campaign for federal office?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Anthony Pappas
For respondent
Matthew Allen Fitzgerald
McGuireWoods LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- May 20 2019Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Apr 30 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
- Apr 26 2019Waiver of right of respondents Lorintz; State of New York to respond filed.
- Mar 20 2019Waiver of right of respondent TD Bank, N.A. to respond filed.
- Mar 02 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2019)