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Prabhjot Kaur Kang v. Western Governors University
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-35286 · judgment June 3, 2024
Certiorari denied · April 7, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
- (a) Are the educational institutions allowed to cover their criminal wronging against the students by labelling it as student discipline? If so, where is the fine line separating the two definitions? (b) Many attorneys say the courts are not supposed to second guess the behavior of the private universities if they do not receive any federal funds. Where does the court stand on this issue? (c) Are the students of private universities considered second class citizens with bare minimum legal protections including violation of their civil and human rights? (d) Can the decisions made by US courts against a student litigant still remain lawful even after putting his/her lawyer under duress by threatening to destroy the lawyer’s career to extract concessions and playing ball with the opposing side? 2 (a) Can the US violate the civil and human rights of its citizens for the sake of extracting concessions from foreign powers by appeasing them, in the name of greater good? (b) Do foreign born authors living under the jurisdiction of the United States constitution have full first amendment rights or are they supposed to keep their mouths shut not to offend the foreign powers because they can go after the family members of the authors?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Prabhjot Kaur Kang
For respondent
Mary M. Rathbone
Morberg Law Group, P.S.
Proceedings
- Jul 21 2025Rehearing DENIED.
- Jun 26 2025DISTRIBUTED.
- Apr 30 2025Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Apr 07 2025Petition DENIED.
- Mar 19 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/4/2025.
- Mar 03 2025Waiver of right of respondent Western Governors University to respond filed.
- Dec 18 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 3, 2025)
- Dec 10 2024Application (24A557) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 17, 2025.
- Dec 03 2024Application (24A557) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 19, 2024 to February 17, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.