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Paula Steven v. Dennis Schroader, Jr., et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2, No. 54432-6-II · judgment August 31, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
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

The questions presented are below:

  1. Whether a month-to-month tenant who is not in arrears can exercise her and/or his rights and report an unlawful act to a governmental entity without being evicted as a matter of law. Do month-tomonth tenants lack protection under the Sixth, Seventh, Fourteenth Amendment and/or any other applicable Amendments.

  2. Whether assuming month-to-month tenants are protected from retaliatory actions from landlords in Washington state are the month-to-month tenants equally protected from retaliatory eviction.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paula Steven

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 05 2022
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 09 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
  3. Oct 28 2022
  4. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jul 20 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  6. Jun 03 2022
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Paula Steven
  7. May 27 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2022)