SEC v. COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.

No. 21-10195.

44 F.4th 1326 (2022)

SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, Joseph Caputo, Intervenor-Plaintiff, v. COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC., d.b.a. Par Funding et al., Defendants, L.M.E. 2017 Family Trust, Joseph W. LaForte, a.k.a. Joe Mack, a.k.a. Joe Macki, a.k.a. Joe McElhone, Lisa McElhone, Defendants-Appellants, The LME 2017 Family Trust, Defendant-Appellee, Lead Funding II, LLC, Intervenor, Ryan K. Stumphauzer, as Receiver for Complete Business Solutions Group, Inc. d.b.a. Par Funding and the Other Receivership Entities, Interested Parties-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: August 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bowers , Morgan E. A. Bradylyons , U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Arnie Berlin , U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David L. Ferguson , Joshua Robert Levine , Kopelowitz Ostrow, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, James R. Froccaro, Jr. , Law Office of James R. Froccaro, Port Washington, NY, for Defendant-Appellant L.M.E. 2017 Family Trust.

David L. Ferguson , Joshua Robert Levine , Seth David Haimovitch , Kopelowitz Ostrow, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Daniel Scott Fridman , Fridman Fels & Soto, PLLC, Coral Gables, FL, James R. Froccaro, Jr. , Law Office of James R. Froccaro, Port Washington, NY, Joel Hirschhorn , GrayRobinson, PA, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Joseph W. LaForte.

David L. Ferguson , Joshua Robert Levine , Kopelowitz Ostrow, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Daniel Scott Fridman , Fridman Fels & Soto, PLLC, Coral Gables, FL, James R. Froccaro, Jr. , Law Office of James R. Froccaro, Port Washington, NY, Alan S. Futerfas , Law Office of Alan S. Futerfas, New York, NY, Joel Hirschhorn , GrayRobinson, PA, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Lisa McElhone.

Timothy Andrew Kolaya , Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya, PLLC, Miami, FL, Ian M. Ross , Sidley Austin, LLP, Miami, FL, for Interested Parties-Appellees Ryan K. Stumphauzer, Defendant-Appellee The LME 2017 Family Trust.

Before Newsom, Marcus, Circuit Judges, and Covington, District Judge.


In this interlocutory appeal, we must decide whether we have jurisdiction to review a district court order expanding the scope of a previously created receivership estate. Because the receivership-expansion order is neither an order "appointing [a] receiver[]" within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(2) nor an order...

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