Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

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: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

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

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, March 2, 2020 · Certiorari denied

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)