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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


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Questions presented

  1. 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?

  2. Whether a judge should upon request by a plaintiff disclose the full scope of his financial and non-financial connections to a defendant?

  3. 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

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 26 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jun 24 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent President and Fellows of Harvard College to respond filed.
  4. Jun 11 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 16, 2025)