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Avtar S. Badwal v. Ramandeep Badwal, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 18-827 · judgment March 12, 2019

Certiorari denied · March 2, 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.

Question presented

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Judge Jeffrey Brown who presided over the Divorce hearing acted in a manner that created an impermissible risk of systemic judicial bias, thereby violating due process. The Question Presented is: Can the Petitioner request and receive a new trial from the Matrimonial Judge in a Divorce case whom acted against him with bias because he filed a judicial complaint against him?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Avtar S. Badwal

For respondent
Barbara Dale Underwood
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 02 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 12 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
  3. Jan 21 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Jeffrey S. Brown to respond filed.
  4. Jul 06 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 27, 2020)