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Disclosure of Corporate Affiliations Statement — Doc. 19

What This Document Is

A 2-page Fourth Circuit Disclosure Statement filed 2021-11-12 by Blue Flame Medical LLC, the appellant, under FRAP 26.1 and Local Rule 26.1.

Factual Summary

The form's checkboxes render ambiguously in flat text extraction, showing an undifferentiated "YES ✔ NO" string for each question; the reading below is from visual inspection of the original page images. The form shows all boxes checked "NO" throughout: Blue Flame Medical LLC is not a publicly held corporation or entity (Q1); has no parent corporations (Q2); is not 10%-or-more owned by a publicly held corporation or entity (Q3); no other publicly held entity has a direct financial interest in the litigation's outcome (Q4); Blue Flame is not a trade association (Q5); the case does not arise from a bankruptcy proceeding (Q6); and this is not a criminal case with an organizational victim (Q7). The manifest docket-text description independently confirms this reading: "Was any question on Disclosure Form answered yes? No." Signed by Eric F. Citron, dated 11.12.2021, as counsel for Blue Flame Medical LLC. The filing follows a same-day docketing-forms follow-up notice (Docket Entry 18, entered 9:56 AM) that had set a disclosure-statement deadline of 11/15/2021 for Blue Flame; this filing (entered 5:48 PM the same day) beat that deadline by three days.

Key Facts

  • Blue Flame Medical LLC, as appellant, files its FRAP 26.1 disclosure statement 2021-11-12, answering "no" to all seven questions (no publicly held status, no parent corporations, no 10%+ publicly held owner, no other publicly-held entity with a direct financial interest, not a trade association, no bankruptcy nexus, no criminal-case organizational victim).
  • Signed by Eric F. Citron as counsel for Blue Flame Medical LLC, dated 11.12.2021.
  • Filed same day as, and ahead of the deadline set by, the docketing-forms follow-up notice (Docket Entry 18) that gave Blue Flame until 11/15/2021 to file.

Source Caveats

  • The form's printed checkboxes ("YES ✔ NO") render ambiguously in flat text extraction; this summary's checkbox readings are from direct visual inspection of the rendered PDF page images, not automated text extraction.
  • The date in this page's web address (2019-12-01) does not match this document's actual filing date (2021-11-12); the mismatch traces to a form-revision date ("12/01/2019 SCC") printed in the PDF footer, not the case's own date.
Date
2019-12-01

Cite this document

“Disclosure of Corporate Affiliations Statement — Doc. 19.” Original at ecf.ca4.uscourts.gov, dated 2019-12-01. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2019-12-01-blue-flame-medical-llc-v-john-brough/, SHA-256 bd575026a77e75259f70f63cfe82334f6e13697f3848dda931dd3e8a161fdc8d.

Full text

USCA4 Appeal: 21-2218         Doc: 19           Filed: 11/12/2021       Pg: 1 of 2




                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                          DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

        x    In civil, agency, bankruptcy, and mandamus cases, a disclosure statement must be filed by all
             parties, with the following exceptions: (1) the United States is not required to file a disclosure
             statement; (2) an indigent party is not required to file a disclosure statement; and (3) a state
             or local government is not required to file a disclosure statement in pro se cases. (All parties
             to the action in the district court are considered parties to a mandamus case.)
        x    In criminal and post-conviction cases, a corporate defendant must file a disclosure statement.
        x    In criminal cases, the United States must file a disclosure statement if there was an
             organizational victim of the alleged criminal activity. (See question 7.)
        x    Any corporate amicus curiae must file a disclosure statement.
        x    Counsel has a continuing duty to update the disclosure statement.


            21-2218(L)
        No. __________             Caption: Blue
                                            __________________________________________________
                                                 Flame Medical LLC v. John Brough

        Pursuant to FRAP 26.1 and Local Rule 26.1,

        ______________________________________________________________________________
        Blue Flame Medical LLC
        (name of party/amicus)

        ______________________________________________________________________________

         who is _______________________, makes the following disclosure:
                          appellant
        (appellant/appellee/petitioner/respondent/amicus/intervenor)


        1.      Is party/amicus a publicly held corporation or other publicly held entity?        YES ✔ NO


        2.      Does party/amicus have any parent corporations?                                   YES ✔ NO
                If yes, identify all parent corporations, including all generations of parent corporations:




        3.      Is 10% or more of the stock of a party/amicus owned by a publicly held corporation or
                other publicly held entity?                                                 YES ✔ NO
                If yes, identify all such owners:




        12/01/2019 SCC                                   -1-
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        4.    Is there any other publicly held corporation or other publicly held entity that has a direct
              financial interest in the outcome of the litigation?                              YES ✔ NO
              If yes, identify entity and nature of interest:




        5.    Is party a trade association? (amici curiae do not complete this question)     YES ✔ NO
              If yes, identify any publicly held member whose stock or equity value could be affected
              substantially by the outcome of the proceeding or whose claims the trade association is
              pursuing in a representative capacity, or state that there is no such member:




        6.    Does this case arise out of a bankruptcy proceeding?                                   YES ✔ NO
              If yes, the debtor, the trustee, or the appellant (if neither the debtor nor the trustee is a
              party) must list (1) the members of any creditors’ committee, (2) each debtor (if not in the
              caption), and (3) if a debtor is a corporation, the parent corporation and any publicly held
              corporation that owns 10% or more of the stock of the debtor.




        7.    Is this a criminal case in which there was an organizational victim?                YES ✔ NO
              If yes, the United States, absent good cause shown, must list (1) each organizational
              victim of the criminal activity and (2) if an organizational victim is a corporation, the
              parent corporation and any publicly held corporation that owns 10% or more of the stock
              of victim, to the extent that information can be obtained through due diligence.




                   /s/Eric F. Citron
        Signature: ____________________________________                     Date: ___________________
                                                                                       11.12.2021

                     Blue Flame Medical LLC
        Counsel for: __________________________________




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