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Jocelyn A. Johnson v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B298896 · judgment September 10, 2019


Certiorari denied · May 26, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Does the Workers’ Compensation Judge relying on medical reports according to Senate Bill 31 guidelines and not the permanent disability rating , schedule a denial of due process?

  2. Does the Workers’ Compensation Judge omitting substantial medical evidence and reports deny due process under the Fourteenth Amendment?

  3. Does Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board prematurely destroying the Board’s adjudication files deny due process?

  4. Whether the statute of limitations is unconstitutional when the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jocelyn A. Johnson

For respondent
Anne Schmitz
California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
19A885

Proceedings

  1. Aug 03 2020
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 09 2020
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jun 15 2020
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. May 26 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  5. May 05 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
  6. Apr 06 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to respond filed.
  7. Feb 11 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 23, 2020)
  8. Feb 10 2020
    Application (19A885) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 13, 2020.
  9. Jan 30 2020
    Application (19A885) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 11, 2020 to March 13, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.