No. 25A265

Timothy Barton v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit

Docketed: 2025-09-05

Status: Presumed Complete

Type: A

Tags: asset-seizure due-process equitable-relief preliminary-injunction receivership securities-law

Latest Conference: N/A

Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Securities and Exchange Commission can obtain a prejudgment receivership seizing entire companies without demonstrating clear necessity and proportionality in preliminary equitable relief

Docket Entries

2025-09-05

Application (25A265) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 14, 2025.

2025-09-03

Application (25A265) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 14, 2025 to November 13, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Main Document

Attorneys

Timothy Barton

Michael James Edney — Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Petitioner

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent