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Taylor Packwood, et al. v. County of Contra Costa, California, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-1760 · judgment February 10, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether there is a fraud exception to the RookerFeldman doctrine in domestic relations cases raising claims of a violation of due process of law.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Norman A. Pattis
Pattis & Smith, LLC

For respondent
Sean M. Rodriquez
County of Contra Costa

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 17 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. May 21 2025
    Waiver of right of respondents County of Contra Costa, Contra Costa Children and Family Services, et al. to respond filed.
  4. May 08 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 11, 2025)