No. 24A8

Lakshmi Arunachalam v. International Business Machines Corporation, et al.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-08
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-circuit judicial-discretion patent-litigation vexatious-litigant
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Federal Circuit's Order is not void for vagueness. What is a "vexatious" litigant? Not defined and therefore has not been proven.

2. Whether the word "vexatious" was deemed to lack due process insertion of fair warning.

3. Whether the word "vexatious" "is unconstitutionally vague because it subjects the exercise of the right to a neutral judge to an unascertainable standard, and unconstitutionally broad because it authorizes the punishment of constitutionally protected conduct.

4. Whether the Federal Circuit's and the District Court's arbitrary Order of "vexatious litigant,' never before been defined nor proven, is unco

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Federal Circuit's use of the term 'vexatious litigant' violates due process by failing to provide fair notice and constituting an unconstitutionally vague standard

Docket Entries

2024-07-11
Application (24A8) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 7, 2024.
2024-07-02
Application (24A8) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 8, 2024 to October 7, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Fulton Financial Corporation
David Spencer BlochGreenberg Traurig LLP, Respondent
Lakshmi Arunachalam
Lakshmi Arunachalam — Petitioner