FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. ELITE IT PARTNERS

No. 23-4009.

91 F.4th 1042 (2024)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELITE IT PARTNERS, INC., a Utah corporation, d/b/a Elite IT Home; James Michael Martinos, individually and as an officer of Elite IT Partners, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED January 23, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caleb Kruckenberg , Pacific Legal Foundation, ( John F. Kerkhoff , Pacific Legal Foundation, with him on the briefs), Arlington, VA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Michael D. Bergman , Federal Trade Commission ( Anisha S. Dasgupta , General Counsel, and Mariel Goetz , Acting Director of Litigation, with him on the briefs), Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BACHARACH, BRISCOE, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.


This appeal grew out of the Federal Trade Commission's suit against Mr. James Martinos and Elite IT Partners. In the suit, the FTC alleged a fraudulent scheme to sell unnecessary services. The parties settled the suit by stipulating to a judgment that

• provided equitable monetary relief under § 13...

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