No. 25-7225October Term 2025Dismissed
Anthony Wayne March, Petitioner v. United States
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Dismissed
- Latest event
- Dismissed
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Question presented
Whether the Constitution ’ s Due Process Clause, The Separation-of-Powers Doctrine, and the mandatory “ disinterestedness ” safeguards codified in 11 U.S.C. §§ 101(14), 324(a), 327(a), 701-703, 1104, and 28 U.S.C. § 586(a), are violated when a United States (NC) Bankruptcy Administrator ’ s staff attorney compels appointment of a trustee to administer two adverse estates — an individual debtor ’ s Chapter 7 estate and that debtor ’ s affiliated § 501 (c)(3) nonprofit estate in Chapter 11 where a federal bankruptcy judge approves the conflicted dual appointment, privately converts the nonprofit ’ s Chapter 11 case to Chapter 7 ex parte without notice or hearing required by 11 U.S.C. § 11 12(b) and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002(a)(4), then later contradicts his own findings only after the conflict produced irreparable loss, and permits the same conflicted trustee to resign from the individual debtor ’s estate while remaining over t.
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit / Dismissed
- Area
Dismissed Supreme Court case
Briefing
What it's about
Anthony Wayne March has asked the Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit case about how two related bankruptcy estates were handled. He says a North Carolina bankruptcy administrator staff attorney pushed for one trustee to control both his Chapter 7 estate and an affiliated nonprofit's Chapter 11 estate, and that a judge later converted the nonprofit case ex parte (without notice or a hearing).
Argument
The case is still at the petition stage. No oral argument is scheduled, and the petition asks the Court to review claimed due process, separation-of-powers, and conflict-of-interest problems in two related bankruptcy cases.
Impact
If the Court takes the case, it could affect how bankruptcy officials and judges handle conflicts of interest and basic notice rules in linked cases. That matters for debtors, affiliated nonprofits, creditors, and trustees when one person is put in charge of estates with competing interests.
What is Anthony Wayne March v. United States about?
The petition says one trustee was put over two allegedly adverse bankruptcy estates. It asks whether that setup and a later ex parte conversion violated due process, separation of powers, and conflict rules.
Who could be affected if the Court takes this case?
Debtors, affiliated nonprofits, creditors, trustees, and bankruptcy officials could all be affected. The case could shape how conflicts and notice duties are handled in related bankruptcies.
What happens next in Anthony Wayne March v. United States?
The Supreme Court first must decide whether to hear the petition for certiorari (review). There is no oral argument date or decision window yet.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary materials plus reporting.
- Note
- Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Jul 23, 2026
- Method
- Methodology