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Kaveh L. Afrasiabi v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
IFP petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 23-P-1168 · judgment November 15, 2024
Questions presented
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Whether a presiding justice presiding over a case involving Harvard University as a defendant should have recused himself from the case due to the extensive connections with the Defendant and conflict of interest?
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Whether a judge should upon request by a plaintiff disclose the full scope of his financial and non-financial connections to a defendant?
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Whether a false, uncorroborated, and defamatory report to the national police, i.e., the Federal Bureau of Investigation, by the defendant Harvard University concerning the plaintiff should be considered as a constitutionally-protected activity?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
For respondent
William Walter Fick
Fick & Marx LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jun 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jun 24 2025Waiver of right of respondent President and Fellows of Harvard College to respond filed.
- Jun 11 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 16, 2025)