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