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John Earl Erickson, et ux. v. Vanessa Power, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1, No. 82755-3-I · judgment April 25, 2022


Certiorari denied · May 22, 2023
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

I. Does fraud on the court committed by officers of the court in civil proceedings violate due process requiring relief from judgments fraudulently procured on false pleadings supported by forged documents submitted by opposing counsel? II. Were Petitioners’ Due Process Rights violated in the state court proceedings when they were denied the remedy of relief from the fraudulently procured judgment by the Superior Court’s sua sponte conversion of Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss to a Motion for Summary Judgment without notice or opportunity to be heard?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Wendy Alison Nora

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
22A625

Proceedings

  1. May 22 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 02 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
  3. Mar 13 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2023)
  4. Jan 11 2023
    Application (22A625) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 11, 2023.
  5. Jan 06 2023
    Application (22A625) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 10, 2023 to March 11, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.