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Doug Kisaka v. University of Southern California

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-55945 · judgment January 24, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Question presented

Question 1 (a) . “In a case originating in federal court, can a district court judge in the final and 5th Action, rely on a state court’s intermediate interpretation of a federal court dismissal to the disregard and exclusion of the interpretation of the plain text of the ruling of the federal court dismissal itself and its restatement with clarification by the same district court judge in a superseding ruling in a 2nd Action?" (b) “If a district court can rely on the intermediate ruling of a state court instead of the findings of fact by a district court judge in the initiating action, then that begs the question, “Can a state court alter the claim preclusive effect of a federal court ruling?” (c) Which further begs the question, “Regardless of the legal basis for a ruling, does a district court judge’s discretion in a final action extend to materially altering the claim preclusive effect of a prior district court judge’s dismissal in the initiating action and if not, does it porte.hd a potentially reversible error? “ Question 2. “Can a case involving an ongoing infringement of an individual’s civil rights stemming from the same source within the same limited time period, be barred by res- judicata, permitting the breach of those rights to continue with impunity in perpetuity?” Question 3. "Does the denial of a self­ represented appellant’s legitimate request to include admissible evidence in order to complete the record on appeal, under FRAP Rule 30-1.3 supplemental excerpts or record when the appellee fails to do so, constitute a denial of due process and a reversible error?”

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Doug Kisaka

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 24 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Oct 28 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 14, 2025)