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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)
(petition-stage, structural)
GVR risk 0%
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether a court’s exercise of discretion must be accompanied by a sufficiently reasoned explanation to permit meaningful appellate review.
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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
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jul 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Mar 30 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 17, 2026)