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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: 3% cert probability

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

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Related
Vide, 20-6081

Proceedings

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