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Richard William Douglas, Jr., et al. v. William Joseph Kalanta, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-15104 · judgment April 25, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 21, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether Modesto Police can ignore witnesses in a very suspicious death investigation and lose crucial evidence of the murder in the first degree when the Stanislaus County Coroner ruled the death “Undetermined.”

  2. Whether the Modesto Police can lie in Cali­ fornia Superior Court, Stanislaus County when they swore under oath that Angela Kalanta died from an “Accidental” overdose. (Perjury PC 118 California)

  3. Whether California Superior Court clerk can lie to Defendant about his court date and deny contin­ uance for Defendant who was sick on her court date, resulting in the Defendants Richard and Christine losing a case by default for non-appearance when both defendants were/are disabled and living in different State than California even though Defendants paid $65.00 each to appear by phone. Judge in that case denied Christine and Richard both appearances in the first hearing, the judge was disqualified in the original hearing and a new Judge denied both Defendants telephonic appearance, even though formally requested.

  4. Whether it is legal or ethical for a police department to have an opinion about a murder when one of the suspects was a past employee of the same police department.

  5. Whether the ‘closed police report’ State of California is making it easier for an organized crime conspiracy.

  6. Whether Petitioners have Statutory Standing under RICO Civil property and business damages clause.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Richard William Douglas Jr.

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 21 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 02 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
  3. Aug 12 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2024)