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Thanh C. Tran v. Liberty Mutual Group Inc., et al.

Paid petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 23-P-1075 · judgment December 3, 2024


Certiorari denied · November 24, 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

Whether a state appellate court violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause by deeming properly preserved trial errors waived without meaningful explanation, and, if so, whether closing the courthouse door in that manner also abridges the First Amendment right to petition the courts for redress.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thanh C. Tran

For respondent
Jonathan D. Persky
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
25M25

Proceedings

  1. Nov 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 05 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
  3. Oct 24 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Liberty Mutual Group Inc., et al. to respond filed.
  4. Oct 14 2025
    Motion Granted.
  5. Sep 24 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
  6. Aug 13 2025
    Motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed.
  7. Aug 13 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2025)