Legal Opinion

In re Husain

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 8, 2017No. Nos. 15-3308 & 16-1254PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois disbarred Al-Haroon B. Husain. (The court called the step “permanent suspension,” which is disbarment by another name.) The United States Trustee began the proceeding by alleging that Hu-sain’s filings regularly failed to include debtors’ genuine signatures. The full bench assigned the disciplinary proceeding to Bankruptcy Judge Cox, who held a lengthy hearing and made extensive findings. In re Husain, 533 B.R. 658 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2015). In addition to disbarring Husain, Judge Cox also ordered him to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Baxter International, Incorporated v. Abbott LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  2. In re HusainUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2015

3Cited by17 opinions

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