Raffi Melkonian
@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social
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Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter. Host of The Appellate Wanderer podcast
![Following the seruv, Bain also sought sanctions against Strulovitch for
allegedly violating the TRO. App. 008. The trial court, in an April 24, 2026, Order
(the “Order”), expressly found that there was no evidence Strulovitch or any of his
representatives, secular or religious, had violated the original preliminary injunction
or the TRO and it denied Bain’s motion for sanctions on that basis. App. 008–09.
Nevertheless, the Order (1) preliminarily enjoined Strulovitch from furthering any
proceeding before any tribunal, civil or religious, other than the New York Supreme
Court, and (2) directed Strulovitch to “take all steps necessary to have the beis din
withdraw [the seruv], including withdrawing the entire proceeding,” stating that this](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b2zlnxrfackjw5h3lbemyqg5/bafkreihiy7idkdc2arvh3egxuaps3h37hop4ttvoydmrhcb7pun6xpyliq)
