Sharif v. Cox

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RICHARD SHARIF, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 21 C 5221 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis HORACE FOX, JR., individually and ) as bankruptcy trustee, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Richard Sharif brings this lawsuit against Horace Fox, Jr., alleging breach of fiduciary duty in his role as bankruptcy court trustee, as well as conspiracy and RICO violations for Fox’s alleged scheme with Bankruptcy Judge Jacqueline Cox to wrongfully deny Sharif a bankruptcy discharge and obtain money that belonged to Sharif’s mother’s…