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Linda Shao v. Tsan-Kuen Wang

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, No. H040395 · judgment May 10, 2018


Certiorari denied · January 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

The questions presented in this case are: Does due process require reversal of the dismissal where the court fraudulently concealed dismissal and knowingly dismissed the appeal with false ground without a motion complying with Rule 8.57 on the day of known unavailability of the Petitioner? Does due process require disqualification of the Court of Appeal where the Presiding Justice is the spouse of the judge who issued the parental deprival orders that are at issue for this appeal and has proactively dismissed Petitioner's 4 appeals, directly or through the acting Presiding Justice that caused conflicts of interest with the Court of Appeal? Does due process require disqualification of the trial court where the interested parties have extrajudicial relationship with the court and the court has refused to prepare records on appeal for 4 years? Does due process require reversal of the decisions of the judge who failed to disclose conflicts of interest?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Linda Shao

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Feb 19 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jan 30 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
  3. Jan 21 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Dec 19 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  6. Nov 20 2018
    Request for recusal received from petitioner.
  7. Oct 23 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 30, 2018)