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Arthur Lopez v. California Department of Motor Vehicles, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B335550 · judgment April 9, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 20, 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
Should the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles and the other defendants in this case be accountable for deprivation of Civil Rights (including Due Process and Equal Protection under Law Fourteenth Amendment and Double Jeopardy, Fifth Amendment) Fraud schemes to overcharge Registration Fees (Eighth Amendment) leading to Unlawful Search and Seizure of Petitioners Automobile (Fourth Amendment)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Arthur Lopez
For respondent
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Proceedings
- Oct 20 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
- May 22 2025Application (24A1121) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 15, 2024 (Nunc pro tunc).
- Nov 15 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2025)
- Jul 29 2024Application (24A1121) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 16, 2024 to November 15, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.