Case Title: Pirestani v. Reagan

Citation: 

Docket Number: 364,2018 & 365,2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JOSEPH DANIEL PIRESTANI,  
 
Cross-Petitioner Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
KEVIN J. REAGAN, 
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellee, 
 
and 
 
ATTORNEY AD LITEM, 
 
Appellee. 
         
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§  Consol. Nos. 364, 2018 &  
§  365, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Court of Chancery 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.M. No. 17950-N 
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Submitted:   January 10, 2019  
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
February 15, 2019     
 
Before VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
The appellant, Joseph Daniel Pirestani, filed these appeals from Court of 
Chancery orders relating to the award of attorneys’ fees to the attorney ad litem and 
the continued service of the appointed guardian.  Most of the arguments in the 
opening brief relate to the appointment of the guardian in 2016.  This Court affirmed 
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that appointment in 2017.1  Pirestani may not relitigate that decision.  After careful 
consideration of Pirestani’s opening brief on appeal, it is clear that the judgment of 
the Court of Chancery should be affirmed, sua sponte under Supreme Court Rule 
25(c), on the basis of the Court of Chancery’s well-reasoned orders dated August 1, 
2017, November 8, 2017, January 31, 2018, June 13, 2018, July 31, 2018, and 
August 2, 2018 and bench ruling dated June 13, 2018.  The motions filed since the 
opening brief are denied as moot.   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Court of Chancery is AFFIRMED.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
                                                 
1 Pirestani v. Reagan, 2017 WL 4640137 (Del. Oct. 12, 2017).