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Victor P. Kearney v. Unsecured Creditors Committee, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 19-2209 · judgment February 24, 2021


Certiorari denied · December 13, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

I. When does a lower district court have the sole dis­ cretion to influence, lead, dictate, supersede, deny, or nullify the jurisdiction of the higher federal bank­ ruptcy court’s actions or decision(s) by circumventing the appointment of an independent and impartial bankruptcy trustee, that is a requirement of trust law, in a liquidation of an estate trust’s assets; thus, disal­ lowing an appellants 14th amendment rights to fair and impartial due process? II. If a district or federal court judge and/or co-trustees in their capacity make a determination that a spendthrift trust beneficiary is incapable of managing his or her finances as a result of a behavioral pattern, then isn’t it incumbent upon the judicial system to re­ quire, mandate, or obligate the district or federal court judge(s) or co-trustees to seek and obtain independent outside opinion(s) from financial and mental health ex­ perts prior to administering a final decision? Are the courts considered omniscient in the absence of outside experts? A court cannot commit a person to an institu­ tion unless a psychiatrist determines that person is harmful to themselves or society. III. When a district court has already admitted that the design of a trust has inherent language leading to conflict, how can the court claim the settlers couldn’t have anticipated the acrimony, vitriol, and legal bat­ tles? Current trust law acknowledges that remain­ derman should not and cannot be allowed to act as

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Victor P. Kearney

For respondent
James A. Askew
Askew & White, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 13 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 23 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
  3. Nov 16 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Louis Abruzzo and Benjamin Abruzzo, Trustees of the Mary Pat Abruzzo Kearney Testamentary Trusts B and C to respond filed.
  4. Nov 16 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Kevin Yearout to respond filed.
  5. Nov 16 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors to respond filed.
  6. Sep 03 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2021)