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Cornelius Ogunsalu v. California

Paid petition · Appellate Division, Superior Court of California, San Diego County, No. CA263754 · judgment November 1, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 29, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

  1. W HEN A M I DDLE SCHOOL TEACHER COMPLAINS WITH EMAILS, AND TEXTS CONTAINING PROFANITY TO HIS PRINCIPAL A ND SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HE WAS WRONGLY FIRED AND ASKING FOR HIS JOB BACK, DOES CHARGING HIM CRIMINALLY W ITH A M IS DEM EA NOR A N NOYA NCE LAW V IOLATE HIS RIGHT TO PETITION GOVERNMENT TO REDRESS A WRONG UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Charles Guthrie

For respondent
Steven K. Hansen

Case

Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 29, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 29 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 08 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/24/2018.
  3. Apr 18 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent The State of California to respond filed.
  4. Mar 19 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 23, 2018)