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Leon R. Koziol, Individually, as Natural Parent of Child A and Child B, and on Behalf of Parents Similarly Situated v. Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge, New York State Unified Court System, et al.
Paid petition · Appellate Division, Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Judicial Department, No. OP 18-00101 · judgment April 4, 2018
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Are men in America becoming a discriminated class, and if not, are historically prejudiced fathers in domestic relations courts nevertheless entitled to protected status?
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Are legal residents entitled to genuine protection of their parental rights when state custody tactics alienate their children to gain federal revenues under 42 USC 658a(b)(4).
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Is a civil rights attorney, unblemished for more than 23 years, entitled to whistleblower protection under the First and Fourteenth Amendments due to judicial retaliation?
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Did respondents violate the due process rights of petitioner-father- attorney: by assigning a city judge found guilty of racism, violent temperament and unlawful confinements to petitioner's child support case for retaliatory incarceration purposes? by failing to prescribe a discovery process in violation of this Court's objective bias rulings in Rippo v Baker, 580 US - (2017) and Gibson v Berryhill, 411 US 564 (1973)?
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Did the New York Court of Appeals disregard systemic, longstanding, and objective bias along with its "Rule of Necessity" to foreclose petitioner's access to this Court?
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In light of the foregoing, should proceedings below be stayed to facilitate an alternate petition or conversion of this case to one under Rule 20 regarding extraordinary writs?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Leon R. Koziol
For respondent
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Proceedings
- Nov 05 2018Petition DENIED.
- Nov 01 2018Supplemental brief of petitioner Leon Koziol filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 17 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
- Sep 24 2018Application (18A297) denied by Justice Ginsburg.
- Sep 04 2018Application (18A297) for a stay, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.
- Aug 14 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2018)