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Steven C. Fustolo v. The Patriot Group, LLC

Paid petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 2023-P-0293 · judgment May 28, 2024


Certiorari denied · May 27, 2025
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

Does an automatic stay in bankruptcy prevent a state from enforcing a pre-stay state court injunction against a bankruptcy petitioner during the period of the automatic stay? When a state court has violated the automatic stay in bankruptcy, is such an act “void” or is it “voidable”?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Gilgun Mateus
Law Offices of John G. Mateus, Esq.

For respondent
Jack Irving Siegal
Fox Rothschild LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A672

Proceedings

  1. May 27 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 06 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
  3. Apr 16 2025
    Brief of respondent The Patriot Group, LLC in opposition filed.
  4. Mar 17 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 21, 2025)
  5. Jan 13 2025
    Application (24A672) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until March 17, 2025.
  6. Jan 03 2025
    Application (24A672) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 14, 2025 to March 15, 2025, submitted to Justice Jackson.