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In Re Yi Tai Shao

Paid petition


Dismissed · June 29, 2026
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

QUESTION NO.l: Shall a writ of habeas corpus be issued when Petitioner has been completely barred from any access to the court about her grievances that arose from the vexatious litigant orders and dismissal in Shao v. McManis Faulkner, James McManis, Michael Reedy and Catherine Bechtel (Santa Clara County, California, 2012-l-cv-220571) in the past 14 years, including, but not limited to, California Supreme Court’s 5/16/2024 order in Petition No.S283308 where the court misused “summary denial” of a Prefiling Vexatious Litigant Application to block filing of the Petition for Writ of Mandamus No.S283308 when the court had no legal basis to require such Application when the vexatious litigant orders were directly at issue, such that California courts, at all levels, conspired in avoiding a decision, for 3+ years, on her uncontested motion to vacate the dismissal that was ordered, without notice, by Judge Christopher G. Rudy who was/is an officer of James McManis’s club, American Inns of Court, and motion to vacate the vexations litiga.nt orders of Judge Maureen A. Folan who was James McManis’s attorney and was sponsored by McManis to be a judge, when Folan’s order had been used to block Petitioner from filing any motion to change child custody, when all justices at California Supreme Court are officers of the same club, and California Supreme Court concealed Petitioner’s motion to vacate

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Yi Tai Shao

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 29 2026
    Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U.S.C. § 1, it is unable to take action on this petition, and the case is considered closed. The Chief Justice, Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice Kavanaugh are recused. Justice Jackson is recused. See 28 U. S. C. §455(b)(5)(i) and Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Canon 3B(2)(d)(i) (party to the proceeding).
  2. Jun 14 2026
    Suggestion for recusal from petitioner received.
  3. Jun 09 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
  4. Feb 12 2025
    Petition for writ of habeas corpus filed.