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John Hsu v. City of Berkeley, California

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, No. A156947 · judgment May 1, 2019

Certiorari denied · December 16, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

Whether California’s vexatious litigant statute, in key provisions, utilizes the categorical approach, requiring guesswork and inviting arbitrary enforcement, and should be declared void for vagueness.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Hsu

For respondent
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Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, December 16, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Dec 16 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 26 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
  3. Oct 01 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2019)