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Arthur Lopez v. Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, No. G062468 · judgment April 11, 2023


Certiorari denied · February 20, 2024
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.) Should Due Process of Law as mandated by the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment be afforded to self-represented litigant Plaintiff related to Civil Case against Catholic Church Defendant on the Matter of Leave to Amend Complaint? 2.) Should self-represented Plaintiff litigant Right to Appeal civil case be afforded despite Defendant being a Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Diocese? 3.) Should Conflict of Interest discovered by Petitioner in regards to Presiding Justice Kathleen O’Leary, CA Court of Appeals 4th District, Division Three ( CCP 170.1-170.9)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Arthur Lopez

For respondent
Tyler Z. Bernstein
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
23A154

Proceedings

  1. Jun 17 2024
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. May 28 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
  3. Mar 16 2024
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Feb 20 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jan 31 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
  6. Jan 16 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Our Lady Queen of Angeles, et al. to respond filed.
  7. Dec 22 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 9, 2024)
  8. Aug 18 2023
    Application (23A154) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 23, 2023.
  9. Jul 31 2023
    Application (23A154) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 24, 2023 to December 23, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.