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Gilda Ryan, et al. v. County of Imperial, California, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-55042 · judgment September 19, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
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. Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sanctioning of The District Court’s effective use of a pro-se litigants §1983 based civil action as a type of on-the-job training platform for inexperienced Jurist and attorneys; Leading to Petitioner’s claims being decided on the basis of false narratives, alterations of caselaw text, and legal propositions that conflict with Supreme Court precedent, constitutes the type of severe departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings that calls out for an exercise of This Court’s powers of supervision.

  2. Whether The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals, has severely departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, by ratifying the District Court’s failure to acknowledge or properly address a large volume of sanctionable conduct occurring in an action, including but not limited to a comprehensive denial of due process inflicted on self-represented Plaintiffs, after they requested terminating sanctions be levied against members of the bar association and the clients they represent, to a degree that calls for an exercise of The Supreme Court’s powers of supervision.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gilda Ryan

For respondent
Melissa Blackburn Joniaux
Law Office of Melissa Blackburn Joniaux

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Dec 03 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Oct 31 2025
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Sep 23 2025
    Supplemental brief of petitioners Gilda Ryan, et al. filed.
  6. Jun 17 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  7. Jun 05 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent County of Imperial, et al. to respond filed.
  8. May 23 2025
    Waiver of right of respondents Palo Verde County Water District(sub-agency of Imperial County) Ronald Woods, Jess Preston, Jan Ayala, David Khoury, Kathi Frice-Sanders, Barbara Hopton, Donna Lord, Celeste Preston and David Ayala to respond filed.
  9. May 16 2025
    Waiver of right of respondents Uriel Avendano, Lisa Reilly and Yuma Sun, Inc. dba The Palo Verde Valley Times to respond filed.
  10. Feb 18 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 9, 2025)