The Federal Circuit has backed Delaware Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly’s authority to explore whether a fraud may have been perpetrated on the court and/or on the USPTO via certain LLC plaintiffs, including by requiring the human owners of those LLCs to appear in person before him. Not only has Judge Connolly ordered one of those owners, Texas paralegal Lori LaPray, to show up in Delaware on September 18, ready to pay a $53K civil contempt fine, he has also ordered Swirlate IP LLC to make a document production to the court, in full and unredacted this time, with Dina Gamez (Swirlate IP’s sole owner) and David R. Bennett of Direction IP Law (its counsel) also expected in person on September 18. The owners of other plaintiffs before Judge Connolly, including those of Creekview IP LLC, MISSED CALL, LLC, and SAFE IP LLC, are on notice that their own dates are likely now coming.