JANVEY v. ROMERO

No. 17-1197.

883 F.3d 406 (2018)

Ralph JANVEY, Creditor-Appellant, v. Peter ROMERO, Debtor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kevin Marshall Sadler , BAKER BOTTS L.L.P., Palo Alto, California, for Appellant. Kevin Gerald Hroblak , WHITEFORD TAYLOR & PRESTON, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Scott D. Powers , Stephanie F. Cagniart , BAKER BOTTS L.L.P., Austin, Texas, for Appellant.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Harris joined.


Appellee Peter Romero filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition after he was found liable for $1.275 million to the victims of a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Appellant Ralph Janvey, the receiver in the Ponzi scheme litigation, moved to dismiss Romero's bankruptcy petition for cause under 11 U.S.C. § 707(a). The bankruptcy...

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