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Andrew Marowitz v. Cory Dostie

IFP petition · Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, No. A168780, A169164 · judgment November 22, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Does the Department of Fair Employment and Housing statutes regarding misgendering of a transgender room renter, when describing the individual as “She”, rather than “They” a few times in 5 years of tenancy constitute housing discrimination , or does such misgendering conflict with Constitutional First Amendment Free Speech Rights/ Protections? Does the California Appellate Case of Taking Offense v State of California carry Superseding Case Precedence? Petitioner raised this issue with the Appellate Court, as a Constitutional matter in his Appeal, which was ignored. Appellant Petitioned for Re-Hearing, which was denied. The Appellate Court ignored/ bypassed the same issue in both. The Petitioner then Petitioned for Review to the California Supreme Court, which was denied.

  2. Can the Department of Fair Employment and Housing enforce their respective statutes, if such statutes lack sufficient clarity, specificity, and particularity, such that Petitioner, as landlord, to this day, has no idea what he can and cannot say,

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew Marowitz

For respondent
WookSun Hong
Law Offices of WookSun Hong

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Linked docket
25A468

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 17 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Nov 24 2025
    Motion for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by petitioner DENIED.
  4. Nov 05 2025
    Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
  5. Oct 25 2025
    Petitioner complied with order of October 6, 2025.
  6. Oct 24 2025
    Application (25A468) denied by Justice Kagan.
  7. Oct 17 2025
    Application (25A468) for an extension of time within which to comply with the order of October 6, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
  8. Oct 08 2025
    Motion for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by petitioner.
  9. Oct 06 2025
    The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until October 27, 2025, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
  10. Sep 04 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  11. Aug 28 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Cory Dostie to respond filed.
  12. Aug 04 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including September 10, 2025.
  13. Jul 25 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 7, 2025 to October 6, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  14. May 14 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 7, 2025)