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QDOS, Inc. v. Matthew Hayden, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-60066 · judgment November 30, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

As this Court has recognized, the correct delineation of the dimensions of a bankruptcy “proceeding” is a matter of considerable importance. Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, 140 S. Ct. 582, 587 (2020). Erroneous identification either way – of an interlocutory order as a final decision, or of a final order as interlocutory – has significant detrimental impacts upon litigation. Id. The question presented is: Whether a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s order reversing a bankruptcy court’s dismissal of an involuntary petition constitutes a final, appealable order.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Apr 29 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2021)