No. 19-427

Durant Brockett, et al. v. Matthew E. Orso, as Receiver for REX Venture Group, LLC, dba ZeekRewards.com

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: absent-defendants adequate-representation circuit-court civil-procedure class-action defendant-class due-process error-correction fifth-amendment hansberry-v-lee
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Securities Privacy ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2019-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment violated by the entry of a final judgment against a class of absent defendants, if the absent defendants were not parties to the federal class action litigation and were not adequately represented?

What error-correcting obligation is conferred on the Circuit Courts of Appeals when confronted with an obvious denial of the absent defendant class members' due process rights?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment violated by the entry of a final judgment against a class of absent defendants, if the absent defendants were not parties to the federal class action litigation and were not adequately represented?

Docket Entries

2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-10-02
Waiver of right of respondent Matthew E. Orso to respond filed.
2019-09-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2019)
2019-08-01
Application (19A127) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 18, 2019.
2019-07-26
Application (19A127) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 19, 2019 to September 18, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Durant Brockett, et al.
Benedict P. KuehneKuehne Davis Law, P.A., Petitioner
Matthew E. Orso
Matthew Allen FitzgeraldMcGuireWoods LLP, Respondent