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Zafar Iqbal v. Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, State Board of Medicine

Paid petition · Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, No. 1190CD2020 · judgment April 18, 2022


Certiorari denied · February 21, 2023
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

  1. Did the ruling(s), by disregarding testimony of material witness, proven to lie under oath violated petitioner’s right to due process enshrined in fourteenth amendment.

  2. Did the ruling(s) disregard a material witness’s testimony proving fabricated evidence, violated petitioner’s right of due process, equal protection under the law, by fourteenth amendment rights.

  3. Did the ruling(s), disregard violation of fifth amendment’s rights of the petitioner, and due process when a detective as a material witness; admitted under oath to obtain a coerced confession and destroyed an earlier voluntary statement.

  4. Did BPOA, not err but acted with malice and impunity, to flagrantly violate petitioner’s fifth, fourteenth amendments and Due process of the law. 5.

  5. Did the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ignore flagrant violations by BPOA by Affirmation of BPOA order.

  6. Did, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania by its order, ignored violations of fifth, fourteenth and due process of law guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Zafar Iqbal

For respondent
Sean Andrew Kirkpatrick
Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Apr 17 2023
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Mar 22 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
  3. Feb 27 2023
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Feb 21 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jan 25 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
  6. Jan 19 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Bureau of POA to respond filed.
  7. Dec 07 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2023)