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Sarah Holmstrom, et al. v. Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, No. A172007 · judgment September 30, 2025


0%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
GVR risk 0%

Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether a court’s exercise of discretion must be accompanied by a sufficiently reasoned explanation to permit meaningful appellate review.

  2. Whether the exercise of judicial discretion without an adequate statement of reasons violates the First Amendment and the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sarah Holmstrom

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jul 29 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Mar 30 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 17, 2026)