No. 23-360

Richard Sharif, et al. v. Horace Fox, Jr., as Trustee

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: bankruptcy-court due-process foreign-court jurisdiction probate rooker-feldman-doctrine
Latest Conference: 2023-12-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a United States Bankruptcy Court has jurisdiction to overrule a foreign probate court order from Aleppo Syria or whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies to a foreign court order.

Whether a bankruptcy trustee is a federal agent who can be sued under a Bivens action.

Whether Bankruptcy Courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over a party based only on that party having knowledge of the action.

Whether Bankr. Rule 9011 sanctions require a finding of one of the four 9011(b)(1)-(4) requirements or bad faith or repetitive frivolous filings.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a bankruptcy court has the jurisdiction to overrule an Aleppo Syria foreign probate court order or whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies to a foreign court order?

Docket Entries

2023-12-11
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-08-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2023)

Attorneys

Fox
Bradley Stephen BlockLaw Offices of Bradley Block, Respondent
Sharif, et al.
Marina Tramontozzi — Petitioner