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Avon Capital, LLC, a Wyoming Limited Liability Company v. Universitas Education, LLC

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 23-6125, 23-6167, 23-6126, 23-6168, 24-6066, 24-6033, 24-6006 · judgment December 31, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Questions presented

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the District Court9s February 11, 2021 judgment when the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held on July 13, 2023 and again on August 4, 2023 that the Universitas claims became moot and the District Court lost subject matter jurisdiction when the judgment registered by Universitas in the District Court expired on December 3, 2020. The questions presented are as follows:

  1. Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in assuming that the District Court reacquired subject matter jurisdiction after December 3, 2020 without the filing of any claims so that the District Court could re-enter the same findings and judgment in a case that was declared moot.

  2. Whether the District Court actually reacquired personal jurisdiction over Petitioner Avon-WY after December 3, 2020 without attempted or actual service of process, which is contrary to every precedent of this Court.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey Robert Sandberg
Palmer Lehman Sandberg

For respondent
Joseph Lloyd Manson III
Law Offices of Joseph L. Manson III

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
25A231

Proceedings

  1. Nov 24 2025
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 05 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
  3. Oct 29 2025
  4. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Aug 29 2025
    Application (25A231) denied by Justice Gorsuch.
  6. Aug 25 2025
    Application (25A231) for a stay, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
  7. Jun 27 2025
    Reply of petitioner Avon Capital, LLC, A Wyoming Limited Liability Company filed. (Distributed)
  8. Jun 17 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  9. Jun 02 2025
    Brief of respondent Universitas Education LLC in opposition filed.
  10. Apr 28 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 2, 2025)