Recent court filings

Ellen Mariani’s most recent filings with the Second Circuit Federal Court of Appeals:

1/13/11 — Ellen Mariani’s notice of appeal of several orders of Judge Hellerstein, including orders approving the settlement of Louis Neil Mariani’s estate, denying Ellen’s motion to re-enter the case as an intervenor, and denying her attorney Bruce Leichty’s motion to be admitted as attorney Pro Hac Vice for Ellen.

2/14/11 — Attorney John Ransmeier’s (Adminstrator of Louis Neil Mariani’s estate) motion to dismiss Ellen Mariani’s appeal.

2/17/11 — Notice of appeal of Judge Hellerstein’s order settling the Estate and awarding attorney’s fees that was consolidated with the notice of appeal filed on 1/13/11.

2/22/11 — Ellen Mariani’s opposition to attorney John Ransmeier’s 2/14/11 motion to dismiss her appeal.

3/14/11 — Attorney John Ransmeier’s Supplemental Memorandum in support of his 2/14/11 motion to dismiss Ellen’s appeal.

5/16/11 — Order of a three judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals dated 5/16/11 (Judge Ralph K. Winter, Judge John M. Walker, Jr., and Judge Jose A. Cabranes) denying attorney John Ransmeier’s motion to dismiss Ellen Mariani’s appeal of Judge Hellerstein’s orders.  (A question for the reader: Since this three judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied attorney Ransmeier’s motion to dismiss Ellen Mariani’s appeal, this means that they effectively ruled that the appeal could be pursued and implied that the issues raised were not frivolous.  So, then how does it make any sense that in a subsequent appeal of Ellen Mariani based on some of the same arguments as the first appeal [as well as signifiicant new evidence] another panel of judges from this same court issued an order dated 6/26/12 which threatened to issue sanctions against both Ellen Mariani and her attorney Bruce Leichty for allegedly filing a frivolous appeal?)

7/14/11 –Ellen Mariani’s appellate Opening Brief.

2/28/12 — Appellate Response Brief of United Airlines.

3/8/12 — Attorney John Ransmeier’s Appellate Response Brief

3/13/12 — Ellen Mariani’s Appellate Reply Brief

4/19/12 — Ellen Mariani’s motion to supplement the record with new evidence showing significant conflicts of interest on the part of Judge Hellerstein (includes declaration of Ellen Mariani)

4/25/12 — Opposition of John Ransmeier (an attorney who was Ellen’s fiduciary and the Adminstrator of her deceased husband’s estate) to Ellen Mariani’s Motion to Supplement the Record

4/25/12 — Opposition of United Airlines to Ellen Mariani’s Motion to Supplement the Record

4/30/12 — Ellen Mariani’s Reply to Ransmeier’s and UAL’s Opposition

6/26/12 — The Second Circuit Court of Appeals’s order denying the appeal of Ellen Mariani of the rulings of Judge Hellerstein denying motions of Ellen Mariani to intervene and challenging settlement.  (Note: This order becomes quite hostile on p. 6 and it threatens sanctions against both Ellen and her attorney, Bruce Leichty.  This is in response to Ellen’s 4/19/12 motion which revealed conflicts of interest on the part of Judge Hellerstein.)

6/26/12 — The Second Circuit Court of Appeals’s order denying Ellen Mariani’s motion to supplement the record with new evidence.

7/5/12 — Ellen Mariani’s and her attorney Bruce Leichty’s responses to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’s 6/26/12 order explaining why each of them should not be sanctioned by the court.

7/24/12 — A nasty letter to the court by John Ransmeier urging the court to issue sanctions against Ellen and Bruce.

The result of the court’s 6/26/12 order to show cause why Ellen and Bruce should not be sanctioned is ambiguous.  To date the court has not issued an order to conclude the matter.

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Ellen Mariani’s Petition For Writ of Certiorari to the US Supreme Court:

11/23/12: Ellen Mariani’s Petition For Writ of Certiorari to the US Supreme Court.

1/2/2013: Attorneys for Defendant/attorney John Ransmeier filed an Opposition Brief with the US Supreme Court

1/8/13:  Ellen Mariani filed a Reply Brief to the US Supreme Court