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William Gerard Sangervasi, II v. City of San Jose, California, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-15923 · judgment January 14, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 14, 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.

Questions presented

Our American Flag and The Uniform of America's Police Officers are neutral and impartial visual symbols of blind-justice and equal protection under the law for all people in The United States of America. Never in American History has The Uniform of America's Police Officers ever been officially desecrated with visible bias, and the last time that uniformed executive officers in America raised a flag against our American Flag, it resulted in the American Civil War. 1. In consideration of the Respondents' recent and unprecedented desecration of The Uniform of America's Police Officers with visible “Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, and Queer pride” speech and visible bias, preference, favoritism, prejudice, and segregationist intent; and the related implementation of segregated policing in America; specifically and only for and in favor of those who identify as “Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, and Queer” with the explicit exclusion of at least “hetero-sexuals” in particular; can the government deny the plain-text right to “the equal protection of the laws”, as is carried out and executed by the police at all times, seemingly in direct violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of The Constitution of The United States of America? 2. Can The Uniform of America's Police Officers be misappropriated and used as a personal billboard and interactive “forum” for biased ideological and

Counsel of record

For petitioner
William Gerard Sangervasi II

For respondent
Malgorzata Laskowska
Office of City Attorney, City of San Jose

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A995

Proceedings

  1. Oct 14 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 17 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
  3. Aug 06 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent City of San Jose to respond filed.
  4. Jul 19 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 5, 2025)
  5. Apr 17 2025
    Application (24A995) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 20, 2025.
  6. Apr 14 2025
    Application (24A995) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 21, 2025 to July 20, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.