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State Bar of California, et al. v. Lenore L. Albert-Sheridan

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-60023 · judgment June 10, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 11, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition and a Ninth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether payments ordered by the California Supreme Court as a condition of an attorney’s discipline, imposed to protect the public, are non-dischargeable in chapter 7 bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(7)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Suzanne Celia Grandt
The State Bar of California

For respondent
Lenore Albert
Lenore Albert

Case

Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Related
Vide, 20-6081

Order
Order list, January 11, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Jan 11 2021
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
Jan 11 2021
Petition DENIED.
Jan 07 2021
Accept filing of Conditional Cross-Petition of Lenore Albert not accepted for filing. (March 02, 2021)
Dec 09 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Nov 19 2020
Brief of respondent Lenore Albert in opposition filed.
Nov 19 2020
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Lenore Albert.
Oct 15 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2020)