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S. C., Mother v. Philadelphia Department of Human Services, et al.

Paid petition · Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Office, No. 1348 EDA 2022, 1349 EDA 2022, 1350 EDA 2022, 1351 EDA 2022, 1352 EDA 2022, 1353 EDA 2022 · judgment January 6, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 30, 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

  1. Did the Opinions of the Pennsylvania Courts constitute erroneous factual findings and / or misapplications of properly stated rules of law, as well as failing to provide Petitioner with Due Process as required by the Constitution of the United States?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Faye Riva Cohen
Law Office of Faye Riva Cohen, P.C.

For respondent
Jane Lovitch Istvan
City of Philadelphia Law Department

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 30 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 04 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
  3. Sep 29 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to respond filed.
  4. Aug 24 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2023)