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Michael F. Kissell v. Pennsylvania Office of the Budget Legal Office, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 24-2254 · judgment May 12, 2025


Certiorari denied · November 10, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Whether subject matter jurisdiction matter was properly invoked involving a continuing violation of Title VII, 1983 etc. in the underlying claims of retaliation that falsified documentation of 1099 forms and W-2 from the year 2004 to 2021 involved the concealment of monies illegally endorsed by Leonard Sweeney Esq. Bank fraud

  2. That conspiracy to conceal these funds for some 17 years from the IRS and the petitioner Michael F. Kissell were to obstruct the Justice of a Jury award issued in 2002 so future attachment of Petitioner wages and pension would be diminished

  3. Whether petitioner’s attorney Christopher-P. Skatell hired in 2017 blatantly failed to continue the appeal to SCOTUS in 2017 and filed a fictitious case 2-18-cv-1409 to conceal the Tax Fraud, involvement of Patsy lezzi esq. tax attorney and Brian Zweicher.

  4. Whether the actions and coercion of the Respondents malpracticed the petitioner. Violating the constitutional right of the petitioner and title VII to be made whole

  5. Whether the honorable Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy should have been assigned to Case 2:22-cv-1715- CRE knowing the prior fraudulent indiscretions and failures of Petitioners attorney Christopher P. Skatell in Case 2-18-cv-1409 that she presided over.

  6. Whether the respondent’s deceptions led to a limited investigation by the IRS and the IRS attorneys up to and including the Tax Court in 2021. Causing a unjustified decision.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Francis Kissell

For respondent
Kimberly A. Boyer-Cohen
Marshall Dennehey, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 10 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 08 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
  3. Oct 01 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Christopher P. Skatell, Esquire to respond filed.
  4. Sep 30 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Patsy Iezzi to respond filed.
  5. Sep 25 2025
    Waiver of right of respondents Pennsylvania Office of the Budget Legal Office; Brian Zweiacher; Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to respond filed.
  6. May 27 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 20, 2025)