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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
Proceedings
- May 27 2025Petition DENIED.
- May 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
- Apr 16 2025Brief of respondent The Patriot Group, LLC in opposition filed.
- Mar 17 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 21, 2025)
- Jan 13 2025Application (24A672) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until March 17, 2025.
- Jan 03 2025Application (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.