⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

The Second Circuit hears Javino versus Denton. The dispute began with the purchase and operation of Senix Marina on Long Island. Dale Javino and Ranee Denton were personal and business partners, but the relationship collapsed; Javino was excluded from the marina, and state-court litigation began in 2015. Representing himself, Javino later sued Denton, her lawyers, a bank employee, the bank, and others in federal court. He alleged that litigation and banking activity formed a scheme against him under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, and related fraud theories. The district court dismissed the complaint, finding the claims untimely and inadequately pleaded. Javino will argue that suspicion in 2014 did not start RICO's four-year clock because his alleged injury occurred later. The appellees will answer that he knew of the alleged injury years before filing in 2022 and did not plead a racketeering enterprise, qualifying predicate acts, or fraud with the required detail.

Javino v. Denton (No. 24-2676, 24-3300) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, argued September 14, 2026.