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25-6706 Jeremiah Vance v. Jeffery Mims Fifth Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending IFP bankruptcy-appeal equitable-review excusable-neglect fiduciary-duty jurisdictional-deadline pioneer-standard 1. Whether bankruptcy-appeal deadlines under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002(d) are jurisdictional or subject to equitable excusable-neglect review consistent …
25-6697 Adedayo Abioye v. Mojisola Braimoh California 2026-02-03 Pending IFP criminal-conduct false-statement federal-statute fiduciary-duty mortgage-loan victim-damages Federal statute of the United States Code - 18 U.S.C. § 1014, prohibits making a (misleading or) "false statement " for the purpose of influencing cer…
25-5985 Anne M. Lynch v. United States First Circuit 2025-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud jury-instruction prosecutorial-discretion statutory-vagueness Whether petitioner's payment violated the honest-services fraud statute? Whether the district court's erroneous fiduciary duty jury instruction requi…
25-515 Michael Kail v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-27 Denied Response Waived circuit-split fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud jury-instructions kickback-scheme statutory-interpretation In Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358 (2010), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 1346 covered only bribery and kickback schemes, expressly excludin…
25-514 Microchip Technology Incorporated, et al. v. Peter Schuman, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) breach-of-duty employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty release-of-claims voluntary-release Whether, in a case involving a release of claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a plan sponsor's alleged breach of fiduciary duty …
25-498 Winston R. Anderson, et al. v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-22 Granted Relisted (2) breach-of-duty erisa fiduciary-duty fund-performance investment-prudence prudent-man-standard Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), a plan fiduciary is subject to a "[p]rudent man standard of care," which requires t…
25-461 Edward Mangano v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-15 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-conviction fiduciary-duty government-official honest-services-fraud official-action political-influence Whether an official in one government may be convicted of honest services fraud when his only alleged "official action" was using his "tremendous poli…
25-5822 Adedayo Abioye v. Raymond Octavus Lee California 2025-10-07 Denied IFP conditional-gift false-statement fiduciary-duty loan-agreement mortgage-fraud statute-of-frauds Federal statute of the United States Code - 18 U.S.C. § 1014, prohibits making a "false statement " for the purpose of influencing certain small busin…
25-390 Full Play Group, S.A. v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2025-10-02 GVR circuit-split commercial-bribery criminal-liability fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1346, which defines "scheme or artifice to defraud" under the mail and wire statutes to include a scheme or artifice to "depriv…
25A146 Winston R. Anderson, et al. v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete benchmark-comparison erisa fiduciary-duty investment-performance pleading-standard prudence-claim What is required to plead an imprudent-investment claim under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1)(B)?
25A42 Edward Mangano v. United States Second Circuit 2025-07-10 Presumed Complete agency-relationship criminal-liability fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud official-act public-official Question not identified.
24-1258 Peter Judson v. Robert I. Friedman Massachusetts 2025-06-09 Denied 14th-amendment estate-planning fiduciary-duty irrevocable-trust property-rights uniform-principal-and-income-act At the center of this case is whether a Settlor of an irrevocable trust has a 14th Amendment right to set the terms for their own estate without fear …
24-1080 Suzanne Gifford, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Michael Gifford v. Operating Engineers 139 Health Benefit Fund Seventh Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure discovery-limitations erisa fiduciary-duty judicial-discretion 1. Whether courts may effectively preclude ERISA plaintiffs from engaging in any discovery. 2. Whether plan administrators' fiduciary obligations to …
24-1030 Parker-Hannifin Corporation, et al. v. Michael D. Johnson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-03-28 Pending CVSGAmici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) benchmark-comparison erisa fiduciary-duty investment-prudence judicial-standard retirement-plan Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), retirement plan fiduciaries have a duty to remove imprudent investments from their plan wit…
24-1007 Thomas J. Ayers v. Joseph Markiewicz, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-03-20 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement breach-of-contract constitutional-rights due-process fiduciary-duty tortious-interference On June 16, 2022, Petitioner requested dispute resolution under LTD / Amway Agreement Sections 20 and 11.4, seeking mediation to address ongoing fraud…
24-620 Jaime H. Pizarro, et al. v. The Home Depot, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-06 Dismissed CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) burden-shifting causation erisa fiduciary-duty statutory-interpretation trust-law This case raises a long-unresolved question at the heart of ERISA's fiduciary enforcement provisions. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1…
24-408 Raging Capital Management, LLC, et al. v. Brad Packer, Derivatively on Behalf of 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. Second Circuit 2024-10-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived article-iii fiduciary-duty securities-exchange-act standing-doctrine statutory-violation supreme-court-precedent 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit apply the correct standard of law, under Article III of the United States Constitutio…
24-5649 Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-27 Denied IFP child-support diversity-jurisdiction emotional-distress fiduciary-duty state-court-order tort-law Whether a tort suit for the intentional infliction of emotional distress based on the alleged extortionate usage of a child support order and breach o…
24-5539 Muna Malvin Whitfield v. Fredericka F. Whitfield, et al. District of Columbia 2024-09-12 Denied IFP due-process estate-litigation fiduciary-duty personal-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction I. Whether the Appellate Court Overlooked or Misapprehended Critical Factual Allegations and Evidence Presented in Exhibits AI, A2, Bl, B2, 0 and L, R…
24-5201 Rebecca Wu v. California State Teacher's Retirement System California 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure administrative-review due-process employee-classification equal-protection erisa fiduciary-duty public-retirement-systems retirement-system 1. Is it required, mandated or an abuse of Discretion, for California State Teachers Retirement System to do a Review, Make a determination on the pro…
24-5135 Timothy Kaler v. ESA Management, LLC Ninth Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied IFP 6th-amendment ada ada-violation cares-act constitutional-violation due-process federal-cares-act federal-removal fiduciary-duty jurisdictional-conflict The issue here is jurisdictional and that the state matter should be heard in Federal court for the reasons detailed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for th…
23-1094 AT&T Services, Inc., et al. v. Robert J. Bugielski, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) arm's-length-agreement circuit-conflict employee-benefit-plan employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty precedent prohibited-transaction Whether a fiduciary to an employee benefit plan causes the plan to engage in a prohibited transaction under Section 406(a)(1)(C) of the Employee Retir…
23-1007 Casey Cunningham, et al. v. Cornell University, et al. Second Circuit 2024-03-13 Judgment Issued Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split erisa fiduciary-duty party-in-interest pleading-requirements prohibited-transaction statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff can state a claim by alleging that a plan fiduciary engaged in a transaction constituting a furnishing of goods, services, or faci…
23-6813 Niki Hamidi v. Ike M. Iqbal California 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-concealment child-support child-support-modification creditor-rights creditors-rights estate-planning fiduciary-duty fraudulent-conveyance uniform-voidable-transactions-act voidable-transactions Whether the creation of a will and trust during child support modification proceedings, with the intent to hide income and assets and fraudulent conve…
23A690 Debra A. Charles v. Anna-Jonesboro National Bank, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-01-25 Presumed Complete bank-fraud contract-breach federal-jurisdiction fiduciary-duty pro-se-litigation venue-transfer Question not identified.
23-6538 Ye-Ying Cen v. Oliver Wilfred Cass Minnesota 2024-01-23 Denied IFP alimony-tax-law cognitive-impairments due-process fairness fiduciary-duty guardian-ad-litem legal-ethics procedural-fairness spousal-support 1) The Minnesota Lower Court's Disregard for Informed Consent and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Eroded the Petitioner's Rights and the Integrity of the Leg…
23A637 AT&T Services, Inc., et al. v. Robert J. Bugielski, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-10 Presumed Complete 401k-plan erisa fiduciary-duty prohibited-transactions service-providers third-party-services 1. This case involves an important, recurring issue about the proper interpretation of Section 406(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act o…
23-734 Jody Rose, Administratrix of the Estate of Kyree Devon Holman, Deceased v. PSA Airlines, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-01-08 Denied circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-remedies erisa fiduciary-duty monetary-remedies statutory-interpretation Are non-tracing monetary remedies (e.g., surcharge) available under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3) to ERISA plan participants and beneficiaries asserting brea…
23A416 Robinhood Financial LLC v. William F. Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete broker-dealer fiduciary-duty investor-protection preemption regulatory-conflict sec-regulation Whether a state regulator may intentionally override a federal regulation.
23-5974 Timothy Kaler v. ESA Management, LLC Ninth Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied IFP amendment-interpretation cares-act cares-act-violation civil-procedure constitutional-due-process constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-removal fiduciary-duty jurisdictional-conflict removal The issue here is jurisdictional and that the state matter should be heard in Federal court for the reasons detailed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for th…
23-39 Haseeb Abdullah v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied Response Waived article-iii civil-rights due-process establishment-clause fiduciary-duty first-amendment free-speech ideological-viewpoint standing Does a beneficiary of a public retirement fund have standing to bring a First Amendment facial challenge to a state statute that requires funds to div…
22-1060 Haywood Jackson Mizell v. Citizens Bank, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-02 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-trustee conflict-of-interest fiduciary-duty procedural-violation promissory-note property-sale security-agreement standing subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Is it a conflict of interest for the Respondent's attorney to be appointed a Bankruptcy Chapter 7 Trustee that, after appointment, uses a "perfecte…
22-6520 Tiffany Franklin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-position-of-trust circuit-split criminal-sentencing fiduciary-duty position-of-trust sentencing-enhancement ussg-3b1.3 ussg-guideline vault-teller This is a case of first impression of whether a two-point enhancement for the abuse of position of trust under USSG § 3B1.3 should apply to a vault te…
22-626 Hazem M. Hamdan, et al. v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. Minnesota 2023-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights due-process fiduciary-duty informed-consent medicaid-regulations medical-ethics medicare-medicaid patient-rights Are complainants to the Minnesota Board of Dentistry (the Board) entitled to the statutory due process as plainly stated in 45 CFR § 164.508, and MN S…
22-502 Spring Valley Produce, Inc., et al. v. Nathan Aaron Forrest, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split civil-procedure debtor-liability discharge fiduciary-capacity fiduciary-duty paca perishable-agricultural-commodities-act statutory-trust May a debtor in bankruptcy discharge liability for unlawfully violating a nonsegregated statutory trust?
22-389 Charles T. Johnson v. Jenna Dickenson Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-25 Denied Relisted (4) class-action eleventh-circuit fiduciary-duty greenough greenough-precedent incentive-payments judicial-oversight rule-23 Applying general federal common law, this Court held in Trustees v. Greenough, 105 U.S. 527 (1881) that a creditor could recover attorney fees, but no…
22-330 Eric Weller v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-10-07 Denied Response Waived conspiracy fiduciary-duty insider-trading knowledge material-nonpublic-information personal-benefit remote-tippee tippee tippee-liability Liability for insider trading arises when someone acts on material nonpublic information. Dirks v. SEC, 463 U.S. 646, 653 (1983). That person may be a…
22-226 Cintas Corporation, et al. v. Raymond Hawkins, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration civil-procedure contract-enforcement defined-contribution employee-rights erisa fiduciary-duty retirement-plan standing Whether an agreement to arbitrate claims against an ERISA plan's fiduciaries under Section 502(a)(2) of ERISA is enforceable without regard to whether…
22-151 Lasean Dejong Houston v. Estate of Lasean Dejong Houston, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied barbary-treaties civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equitable-claims fiduciary-duty fiduciary-relations indigenous-status standing treaty treaty-rights trust 1. Show good cause whether petitioners equitable primary rights are not destroyed by any People bound by oath to be Persons worthy of trust, who presu…
22-51 Department of the Interior, et al. v. Navajo Nation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-19 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) federal-fiduciary-duty federal-government-duty fiduciary-duty judicial-enforcement native-american-law native-american-rights navajo-nation sovereign-obligations treaty-interpretation treaty-rights water-rights Whether the federal government owes the Navajo Nation an affirmative, judicially enforceable fiduciary duty to assess and address the Navajo Nation's …
21-1286 In Re W. A. Griffin 2022-03-23 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment assignment-of-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty health-plan mandamus pre-emption preemption Whether the anti-assignment provision in the health benefit plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD ("Dr. Griffin"), a Georgia provider, who obtained a writte…
21-1287 In Re W. A. Griffin 2022-03-23 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment assignment-of-benefits erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty georgia-law health-benefits healthcare-provider mandamus statutory-interpretation Whether the anti-assignment provision in the health benefit plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD ("Dr. Griffin"), a Georgia provider, who obtained a writte…
21-1253 Philip Jay Fetner v. Kevin R. McCarthy, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied 28-usc-455a bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-settlement bar-order chapter-7-trustee due-process fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty judicial-recusal stern-v-marshall (i) Did the Chapter 7 Trustee fail to provide transparency and observe its fiduciary duties to Debtor, all as allowed by the Bankruptcy Court? (ii) D…
21-1250 Jamal Darius Parker v. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-provisions equitable-remedy equity equity-doctrine fiduciary-duty judicial-discretion procedural-rights treaties treaty-law Whether the lower court's and agent's who are people bound by oath to be Persons worthy of trust, decision to dismiss petitioner claim is not contrary…
21-1236 In Re Kyko Global Inc., et al. 2022-03-10 Denied Response Waived breach-of-fiduciary-duty california-law choice-of-law conflict-of-laws corporate-director corporate-law fiduciary-duty internal-affairs-doctrine panel-discretion pennsylvania-law Petitioners Kyko Global Inc. and Kyko Global GmbH assert breach of fiduciary duty claims against Respondent Omkar Bhongir in his capacity as a corpora…
21-1158 Joseph Percoco v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-22 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-law due-process fiduciary-duty government-decisionmaking honest-services-fraud political-influence public-corruption Does a private citizen who holds no elected office or government employment, but has informal political or other influence over governmental decisionm…
21-6906 Samantha J. Jackson v. AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure de-novo-review employer-capacity erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty motion-to-dismiss plan-amendment plan-sponsor settlors-function two-hats-doctrine Question 1: Did the district court requiree the Defendants to adhere to the rules regarding a Motion12(b)(6) which prohibits claims asserted in a prio…
21-1006 Marc S. Kirschner v. Dennis J. FitzSimons, et al. Second Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee corporate-governance corporate-intent fiduciary-duty fraudulent-transfer imputation leveraged-buyout mens-rea section-548 Under 11 U.S.C. § 548(a)(1)(A), a bankruptcy trustee may avoid a transfer if the debtor "made such transfer . . . with actual intent to hinder, delay,…
21-861 First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company v. Giorgio Armani Corporation Ninth Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied circuit-split co-fiduciary contribution employee-benefits erisa fiduciary fiduciary-duty indemnity statutory-interpretation Whether, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, a fiduciary can seek contribution and indemnity fr…
21-761 OptumHealth Care Solutions, LLC v. Sandra M. Peters Fourth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split erisa fiduciary fiduciary-duty party-in-interest prohibited-transaction service-provider tenth-circuit-rule The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) bars a plan fiduciary from causing the plan to engage in certain transactions with a "party in int…
21-729 Shirene Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-circuits fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud ninth-circuit-precedent skilling-standard skilling-v-united-states statutory-interpretation The Court avoided a "vagueness shoal" in Skilling by holding that 18 U.S.C. § 1346's prohibition on schemes targeting "the intangible right of honest …
21-724 New York University v. Dr. Alan Sacerdote, et al. Second Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Relisted (2) class-action class-shares employee-retirement-plans erisa fiduciary-duty mutual-funds prudence retirement-plans Whether the bare allegation that New York University ("NYU") offered retail-class shares of certain mutual funds rather than lower-cost institutional-…
21-713 Victor P. Kearney v. Unsecured Creditors Committee, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-trustee district-court-jurisdiction due-process fiduciary-duty jurisdiction trust-law trustee-appointment I. When does a lower district court have the sole discretion to influence, lead, dictate, supersede, deny, or nullify the jurisdiction of the higher f…
21-699 Collette Campbell v. We Transport, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied beneficiary-designation cat-paw-doctrine death-benefits employer-duties erisa erisa-claims-procedures fiduciary-duty fraud insurance-carrier-duties insurance-claim 1. Whether the "Cat's Paw Doctrine" is applicable in this case when established claims procedures in an ERISA group insurance claim are not followed w…
21-558 Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, et al. v. The California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights congressional-review-act due-process employee-retirement erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty payroll-deduction pension retirement state-mandated-savings state-regulation Considering California's infamous record of mismanagement, corruption, and the cavernous under-funding of its public employee retirement systems, is C…
21-2 K. Wendell Lewis, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2021-07-02 Denied administrative-law agency-deference chevron-deference erisa fiduciary-duty pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation pension-benefits plan-termination statutory-interpretation Has the D.C. Circuit improperly extended Chevron deference to PBGC's construction of ambiguous statutory provisions in informal, non-binding adjudicat…
20-1813 Terry Foster, et al. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1516, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-06-29 Denied 501b due-process fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty good-cause labor-law lmrda subject-matter-jurisdiction union-member union-membership 1. Did expulsion of a union member without his presence constitute a lack of due process, good cause as defined by 157.01 LMRDA, Section 501(b)? 2. D…
20-8176 Leslie Willis v. Lawrence J. O'Toole, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fiduciary-duty fraud judicial-immunity jurisdiction petition-clause standing summary-judgment 1. Whether a Court may grant summary judgment without jurisdiction; and where there is no absolute or quasi-judicial immunity; where there were no dis…
20-1655 W. A. Griffin v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment claims-fiduciary erisa fiduciary-duty health-benefits plan-administrator waiver Whether the anti-assignment provision in the Delta Air Lines Plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD ("Dr. Griffin"). Anti-assignment and anti-alienation prov…
20-1634 Nicole Johnson-Gellineau v. Stiene & Associates, P.C., et al. Second Circuit 2021-05-24 Denied 15-usc-1692a(4) 15-usc-1692c(b) creditor creditor-definition debt-collection debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act fiduciary fiduciary-duty litigation-communication statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a fiduciary that obtains a defaulted debt, and is owed the debt, may qualify as a person facilitating collection "for another" within the e…
20-8114 Jimmy Christopher Jackson v. North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2021-05-24 Denied IFP bankruptcy breach-of-trust civil-rights due-process estate-administration fiduciary-duty fraudulent-conveyance legal-standing property-rights standing trust-estate bills. bond instruments issues transactions detainers deposited with and manage by the corporation State of N.C. commercial brakers/ agents whom attac…
20-1495 Karen V. McIntyre v. Kevin L. McIntyre, et al. Maryland 2021-04-26 Denied Response Waived contempt-of-court fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty judicial-discretion state-law trust-accounting trustee-obligations Should a state court be allowed to recognize a trust accounting produced by the trustee of an inter vivos trust as meeting the requirements of state l…
20-1447 Kenneth R. Kunzer v. Lisa A. Hiniker, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied Response Waived breach-of-trust civil-procedure embezzlement estate-planning fiduciary-duty fraud probate probate-law resulting-trust testamentary-intent trust-administration 1. Why did Magistrate Judge Menendez refuse to look at the Last Will and Testament and Codicil of Albert P. Herschler? 2. Why did Judge Menendez refu…
20-1444 W. A. Griffin v. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment assignment-of-benefits claims-fiduciary erisa fiduciary-duty health-benefits plan-administrator provider-services waiver Whether the anti-assignment provision in the Coca-Cola Plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD ("Dr. Griffin"). Anti-assignment and anti-alienation contained …
20-7477 Hakimah Jabbar v. James L. Graham, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-law circuit-conflict conflict-of-laws due-process fiduciary-duty forfeited-property property-law statutory-interpretation trust-beneficiary trust-law 1) The U.S Court of Appeals 6th Cir. Affirming of District Court decision directly conflicts with the Appeals Court 's opinion, In re Adams, 302 B.R.…
20-1255 Jeffrey Schweitzer, et al. v. Investment Committee of the Phillips 66 Savings Plan, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) defined-contribution-plan diversification erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary-duty imprudent-investment investment-diversification participant-claims participant-rights pleadings single-stock-fund Is an ERISA fiduciary entitled to dismissal on the pleadings of a plan participant's claim that the fiduciary imprudently maintained an undiversified,…
20-1161 Edward J. Kosinski v. United States Second Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review confidentiality-agreement constitutional-vagueness criminal-fraud fiduciary-duty harmless-error insider-trading trust-and-confidence vagueness 1. Whether a simple agreement to keep information confidential by itself can establish the fiduciary or similar relationship of "trust and confidence"…
20-1012 Charles Guenther v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-27 Denied breach-of-duty concealment discovery-rule erisa fiduciary-duty fraud fraud-exception statute-of-limitations uniformity-of-decision Is the fraud and concealment exception in 29 U.S.C. § 1113 applicable when the underlying breach of fiduciary duty consists of fraud or concealment, o…
20-866 Francesca Allen, et al. v. Wells Fargo & Company, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied Relisted (4) duty-of-loyalty duty-of-prudence employee-stock-ownership-plan erisa fiduciary-duty fifth-third-v-dudenhoeffer insider-trading prudence-standard securities-law securities-laws stock-ownership 1. Whether, under Dudenhoeffer, ESOP fiduciaries are effectively immune from duty-of-prudence liability for the failure to publicly disclose inside in…
20-6636 Lan Tu Trinh v. Citizen Business Banking, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied IFP banking banking-negligence civil-rights client-protection customer-protection due-process fiduciary-duty institutional-integrity institutional-sabotage procedural-safeguards unauthorized-transfer 1. Should Citizens Business Banking consider the protection of its customers ' money and line of credit as one of its essential responsibilities? 2.…
20-6429 John L. Howell v. Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud chapter-7-proceeding embezzlement estate-administration fiduciary-duty fraud injunction sanctions secured-creditor trustee-misconduct Petitioner is a secured estate claimant in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of Donald Grodsky. Pursuant to a Promissory Note and Security Agreement executed b…
20-6430 John L. Howell v. Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied IFP bankruptcy-fraud breach-of-fiduciary-duty chapter-7-bankruptcy embezzlement estate-administration falsification-of-evidence fiduciary-duty fraud-upon-the-court secured-creditor trustee-duties trustee-misconduct Petitioner is a secured estate claimant in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of Donald Grodsky. Pursuant to a Promissory Note and Security Agreement executed b…
20-6295 Donna Raively v. Thomas A. Whelihan New Jersey 2020-11-12 Denied Relisted (3)IFP attorney-ethics attorney-misconduct case-conflict civil-procedure client-representation client-trust fiduciary-duty legal-ethics legal-malpractice professional-misconduct standing 1. Whether an attorney is held to a certain standard of fiduciary duty in lower courts; his knowledge of the law far exceeds that of the average perso…
20-609 Gannett Company, Inc., et al. v. Jeffrey Quatrone Fourth Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) defined-contribution-plan diversification erisa fiduciary-duty investment-options menu-of-investment-options prudence single-stock-fund Whether a plaintiff adequately pleads breach of the duties of prudence and diversification solely by alleging that fiduciaries permitted participants …
20-289 Retirement Plans Committee of IBM, et al. v. Larry W. Jander, et al. Second Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied corporate-disclosure disclosure employee-stock-ownership-plan erisa fiduciary-duty fraud fraud-disclosure insider-information securities-law 1. Whether Dudenhoeffer's "more harm than good" standard can be satisfied by generalized allegations that the harm of an inevitable disclosure of an a…
19-1462 Principal Life Insurance Company v. Frederick Rozo Eighth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived asset-management defined-contribution-plans employee-benefit-plan erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary fiduciary-duty investment participant-control rate-of-return retirement-savings withdrawal withdrawal-rights Whether a service provider is a fiduciary under 29 U.S.C. § 1002(21)(A)(i) when it changes the rate of return on a product offered in an employee bene…
19-8834 Monosij Dutta-Roy v. Jysk Bed'n Linen, dba By Design Furniture, as Successor to Quick Ship Holding, Inc., dba By Design Furniture Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cybersquatting-protection domain domain-name-dispute equitable-accounting fiduciary-duty joint-venture joint-venture-rights profit-sharing retroactive-application trademark-ownership The issues, in this sum of matters, between pro se Monosij Dutta-Roy (Petitioner or Dutta-Roy) and Jysk Bed 'N Linen, formerly Quick Ship Holding, DBA…
19-1401 April Hughes, et al. v. Northwestern University, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-06-23 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (14)Relisted (3) breach-of-duty circuit-split defined-contribution defined-contribution-plan erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty excessive-fees fiduciary-duty lower-cost-alternatives prudence prudence-standard retirement-plan Whether allegations that a defined-contribution retirement plan paid or charged its participants fees that substantially exceeded fees for alternative…
19-1353 AGI Consulting LLC, by Assaf Al-Assaf as Trustee/Owner/Plan Administrator of an Alleged Non-Integrated Defined Benefit Plan v. American National Insurance Company Tenth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied 29-usc-1113 abandonment actual-knowledge breach-of-duty breach-of-fiduciary-duty circuit-court-interpretation constructive-knowledge discovery-rule discovery-standard erisa erisa-statute erisa-statute-of-limitations fiduciary-duty plain-meaning plain-meaning-of-statute statute-of-limitations There is no uniformity among the Circuit Courts as to the meaning or application of the ERISA statute of limitations for breach of fiduciary duty, 29 …
19-1185 Carol Wilding, et al. v. DNC Services Corporation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied amendment civil-procedure civil-rights democratic-party due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duty fraud impartiality rule-12 rule-15 standing 1. Does the Democratic National Committee ("DNC"), a not-for-profit corporation charged with general responsibility for th e affairs of the Democratic…
19-1144 Michael McCarron v. DeCarlo & Shanley, P.C. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty labor-law labor-union legal-advice legal-malpractice preemption professional-misconduct standing state-law-claims I. Does The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA ") (29 U.S.C. §1144(a)), preempt state law claims of a labor union official agains…
19-7318 John Henry Yablonsky v. California California 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-challenge civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence-manipulation evidence-tampering fiduciary-duty fourteenth-amendment historical-accuracy prosecutorial-misconduct trial-integrity 1. HOW CAN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES UPHOLD CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS IF THE COURT ALLOWS STATE TERRITORIES TO PLUNDER THE CORNERSTONES OF THOS…
19-884 Rick V. Caldwell, et ux. v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America Tenth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied beneficiary-rights contra-proferentem discretionary-provision erisa fiduciary-duty insurance-policy judicial-deference trust-law I. UNUM (and other insurers) asserts ERISA insurers do not have a legal duty to draft unambiguous plans and policies. UNUM then argues that is has dis…
19-784 University of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Jennifer Sweda, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) breach-of-duty civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty investment-options iqbal pleading-standard twombly twombly-standard 1. Whether Twombly's pleading standard governs breach of fiduciary duty claims under ERISA. 2. Whether a complaint states a plausible claim for breac…
19-6724 Lorie Anne Gunderson Zarum, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Theodore Lee Gunderson v. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, et al. California 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fiduciary-duty harmless-error Question not identified. statute-of-limitations constitutional-rights due-process extrinsic-fraud federal-rules fiduciary-duty judicial-review state-judiciary statute-of-limitations united-states-v-throckmorton I. Where through breach of the fiduciary; no cause has ever been tried on the merits, no adversary trial has ever been provided, no decision has ever …
19-595 Eric O'Day, et al., Individually and on Behalf of the SunEdison, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan v. Ahmad Chatila, et al. Second Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Relisted (2) asset-management context-sensitive-scrutiny erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty heightened-pleading-standard inside-information pleading-requirements prudence prudence-standard publicly-traded publicly-traded-assets securities-law Whether Dudenhoeffer's "context-sensitive scrutiny of a complaint's allegations" can be met where a court presumes an asset must be prudent if it is p…
19-555 R. Ray Fulmer, II v. Fifth Third Equipment Finance Company, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-30 Denied Response Waived asset-valuation bankruptcy-auction bankruptcy-code-section-363 bankruptcy-sale chapter-7 collateral-attack creditor-rights fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty jurisdictional-error non-jurisdictional-error priority-distribution priority-violation priority-violations 11 U.S.C. §363(m) moots claims against good faith purchasers at bankruptcy auctions if the claims invalidate the sale. In this case, the court's nonap…
19-460 Alexander Y. Usenko, Derivatively on Behalf of the SunEdison Semiconductor Ltd. Retirement Savings Plan v. MEMC LLC, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied asset-valuation context-sensitive-scrutiny erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty heightened-pleading-requirement pleading-requirements pleading-standard prudence prudence-standard publicly-traded-assets retirement-plan Whether Dudenhoeffer's "context-sensitive scrutiny of a complaint's allegations" can be met where a court presumes an asset must be prudent if it is p…
19-440 Northern Trust Corporation, et al. v. Lindie L. Banks, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split class-action covered-securities federal-securities-law fiduciary-duty preemption private-securities-litigation-reform-act securities-fraud securities-litigation securities-litigation-uniform-standards-act statutory-interpretation trust-assets trust-law trustee-misconduct uniform-standards-act For purposes of SLUSA, does a trust beneficiary allege misconduct "in connection with" the purchase or sale of a covered security when the beneficiary…
19-6112 In Re Larry Pouncy 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act appellate-review breach-of-fiduciary-duty civil-rights due-process fiduciary-duty fraud intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress legal-malpractice mandamus-remedy pro-se-plaintiff rooker-feldman-doctrine stay-on-state-judgment writ-of-mandamus Question not identified.
19-6024 Kenneth Allen Rogers v. California California 2019-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-relationship civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fiduciary-duty legal-representation pre-trial-motion property-rights retainer-fee sixth-amendment The State of California denial of legal representation at a pre-trial motion of the People requiring a hearing that if retained legal counsel did not …
19-382 John Teets v. Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company Tenth Circuit 2019-09-23 Denied civil-rights disgorgement due-process erisa fiduciary-duty harris-trust party-in-interest plan-assets tenth-circuit May an ERISA plan participant or beneficiary seek disgorgement of unreasonable profits derived from a plan contract from a nonfiduciary party in inter…
19-6007 Natasha DeLima v. Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2019-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process fiduciary-duty judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice standing Why did so many partake in Obstruction of Justice on the Petitioner? Why was the court protecting those in breach of fiduciary duty? All parties engag…
19-340 Carey D. Ebert v. John Paul DeJoria, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-09-16 Denied Response Waived aiding-and-abetting article-iii article-iii-standing bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee breach-of-fiduciary-duty corporate-debt debtor-corporation fiduciary-duty judicial-proceedings standing trustee unpaid-debt Whether a bankruptcy trustee who proved at trial, without objection, that defendants' tortious conduct (breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetti…
18-9171 John Priestley, Jr. v. Two Houses, in Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-1962 beneficiary campaign-misconduct electronic-communication estate estate-property fiduciary fiduciary-duty judicial-immunity racketeering-statute rent rent-collection rental-contract violation Is a fiduciary's collection of rent from a beneficiary at approximately one hundred times the rental value of an estate's property a violation of 18 U…
18-1341 Jeffrey A. Robertson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights employee-benefit-plan employee-benefit-plans erisa erisa-venue-provision fiduciary-duty forum-selection forum-selection-clause participant-rights public-policy statutory-interpretation venue venue-provision Whether a private employee benefit plan's unilateral adoption of a forum selection clause that circumvents the venue choices that Congress granted pla…
18-8813 Jean Bultman v. Cigna Group Insurance Company, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach-of-duty civil-procedure employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty plan-administration prudent-investor-rule retirement-plans standing statute-of-limitations Did the ERISA Plan Fiduciaries Breach their Duty to Provide Under the Six Year Statue of Limitations?
18-1279 K. Wendell Lewis, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2019-04-08 Denied 29-usc-1303(f) appropriate-equitable-relief circuit-split disgorgement equitable-relief erisa erisa-title-iv fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation pension-plan pension-plans statutory-interpretation Does § 1344(c) preclude disgorgement of profits from the Corporation as an appropriate equitable remedy under § 1303(f) for the Corporation's breaches…
18-1266 Timothy P. O'Leary v. Aetna Life Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied adverse-benefits-determination arbitrary-capricious benefits-determination civil-procedure claims-procedures department-of-labor erisa erisa-statute erisa-statute-and-regulations fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty standard-of-review This petition presents one legal issue in two parts that have divided the courts of appeals regarding ERISA statute and regulations. Congress intended…
18-1165 Retirement Plans Committee of IBM, et al. v. Larry W. Jander, et al. Second Circuit 2019-03-08 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) amgen-v-harris circuit-split erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty fifth-third-standard fifth-third-v-dudenhoeffer insider-information pleading-standard private-securities-litigation-reform-act prudence prudent-fiduciary securities-fraud securities-litigation Whether Fifth Third's "more harm than good" pleading standard can be satisfied by generalized allegations that the harm of an inevitable disclosure of…
18-8318 Helen Thomasina Gardner v. Verizon Communications Inc. Second Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach civil-procedure defined-contribution-plan erisa erisa-fiduciary-duties erisa-section-502 fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty health-insurance life-insurance participant plan-participant relief standing statutory-interpretation Do sections 502 (a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974(ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(2), and 502(a)(3), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(3) authorize a p…
18-1116 Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, et al. v. Christopher M. Sulyma Ninth Circuit 2019-02-26 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) actual-knowledge breach breach-of-fiduciary-duty disclosure disclosure-requirements employee-retirement employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa erisa-statute-of-limitations fiduciary-duty limitations-period retirement-plans statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the three-year limitations period in Section 413(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. 1113(2), which runs from "the ea…
18-1033 W. A. Griffin v. United Healthcare of Georgia, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied administrative-appeals anti-assignment co-fiduciary-liability document-request erisa erisa-co-fiduciary-liability erisa-document-production-requests ERISA-governed-plan erisa-welfare-plan-administration fiduciary-duty georgia-mandatory-assignment-of-benefits-statute plan-administrator provider-anti-assignment provider-anti-assignment-clauses retroactive-assignment statute-of-limitations-for-erisa-penalties statutory-penalties Whether or not a plan administrator and/or plan fiduciary of an ERISA governed welfare benefit plan waived the rights to assert provider anti-assignme…
18-972 Mathew Martoma v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Amici (2) corporate-disclosure dirks-v-sec fiduciary-duty insider-trading personal-benefit securities-law securities-regulation tippee tippee-liability tipper Whether, in an insider trading prosecution, the government must demonstrate that the tipper received a personal benefit in exchange for providing insi…
18-926 Putnam Investments, LLC, et al. v. John Brotherston, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. First Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) active-management burden-of-proof circuit-split erisa erisa-fiduciary erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty index-funds investment-options loss-causation A fiduciary of an ERISA plan is personally liable for "losses to the plan resulting from" a breach of fiduciary duty. 29 U.S.C. § 1109(a). Fiduciarie…
18-703 University of Southern California, et al. v. Allen L. Munro, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Amici (1) arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-scope erisa erisa-arbitration-agreement erisa-claims erisa-fiduciary-duty erisa-plan-participant fiduciary-duty plan-participant standing statutory-interpretation trust Whether an agreement to arbitrate "all claims" that an ERISA plan participant "may have" against a plan fiduciary encompasses a breach-of-fiduciary-du…
18-6543 John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor Third Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 29-usc-1132 appropriate-relief benefit-plans defined-benefit defined-benefit-plan erisa erisa-29-usc-1132 erisa-standing fiduciary-duty monetary-relief plan-surplus secretary-of-labor standing statutory-interpretation surplus-assets trust Does the Secretary of Labor have standing to sue for "losses" to the surplus of an ERISA defined benefit welfare plan - i.e., a theoretical injury to …
18-6423 Marlan McRae v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-misconduct conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process fiduciary-conflict fiduciary-conflict-of-interest fiduciary-duty ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics manifest-necessity sixth-amendment vague-precedent Can the unconscionable and illegal actions of an attorney, in addition to a fiduciary conflict of interest between an attorney and his client, amount …
18-5622 Susan Elizabeth Walker v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1291 28-usc-2253 breach-of-fiduciary-duty,sec-securities-exchange-c certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability,circuit-split,jurisdi circuit-split de-novo-review denovo,circuit-split,uniformity,lawrence-v-dept-of fiduciary-duty hohn-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,circuit-split,un jurisdiction Should a Certificate of Appealability be granted to resolve a circuit split regarding Jurisdiction established by 28 U.S.C. 1291 and 28 U.S.C. § 2253?…
18-5169 Clifton B. Davidson v. Federal Bureau of Prisons Sixth Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-remedies administrative-remedy bounds-v-smith circuit-split declarative-and-injunctive-relief declarative-relief declaratory-relief due-process fiduciary-duty injunctive-relief inmate-trust-funds lewis-v-casey mitchell-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ("The Court") ERR WHEN IT TOTALLY REFUSED TO ADDRESS SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT FOUND IN UNITED STATES V. MITCHELL, 463 U.S. 206…