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Nina Allison v. Robert Dar-Teh Liou, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B299362 · judgment April 27, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 19, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

This Petition involves the issue of attorneys with undiagnosed mental disabilities, not being properly accommodated by the court in order to effectively advocate for their client. According to Institute of Mental Health, The Numbers Count, Mental Disorders in America; “One in four American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder.” Lawyers are among these Americans and suffer from mental illness at alarmingly higher rates than the general population. Despite the commonality and significance of mental illness in the legal profession, lawyers do not often discuss mental illness and

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Zulu Abdullah Ali
Law Office of Zulu Ali

For respondent
Aaron Jay Weissman
R.J. Ryan Law APC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Jan 19 2021
Petition DENIED.
Dec 30 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
Dec 10 2020
Brief of respondent Tuan T. Lam, M.D. in opposition submitted.
Nov 19 2020
Certificate of Service of Nina Allison not accepted for filing. (November 24, 2020)
Nov 19 2020
Amended Certificate of Service of Nina Allison not accepted for filing. (November 24, 2020)
Nov 10 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2020)