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Maher Memarzadeh v. Lottie Cohen, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B327967, B329476 · judgment September 23, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
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

I. Whether a state court’s action in issuing terminating sanctions against a civil litigant based on a medical inability to comply with discovery obligations violates due process. II. Whether a state court’s action in issuing terminating sanctions against a civil litigant on account of a disability violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Becky Walker James
James & Associates

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A916

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 16 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. May 30 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 3, 2025)
  4. Mar 27 2025
    Application (24A916) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 30, 2025.
  5. Mar 20 2025
    Application (24A916) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 31, 2025 to May 30, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.