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In Re Batia Zareh

Paid petition


Certiorari denied · April 15, 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.

Question presented

Whether the Bilingual Election Requirements (52 U.S.C. §10503) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. §10301, et. sec.) by authorizing coverage and enforcement without requiring assessment of individual need to direct “remedial devices” for only certain language minority group members is unconstitutional as discriminatory to excluded classes of Non-Native English Language citizens based on race and national origin, violating Articles I, II, IV, and Amendments V, XIV, XV and XXIV of the United States Constitution.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Batia Mojdeh Zareh
Dialectic Arts, LLC

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 15 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 27 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
  3. Mar 21 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Feb 12 2024
    Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due March 21, 2024)