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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
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Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jul 16 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- May 30 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 3, 2025)
- Mar 27 2025Application (24A916) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 30, 2025.
- Mar 20 2025Application (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.