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Z. G. v. M. C.

IFP petition · Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Office, No. 761 WDA 2024 · judgment December 30, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 20, 2025

Question presented

The question presented is whether a judge who made a number of troubling statements that appear to have been motivated by stigma and stereotypes associated with a disability that affects petitioner contravened Title II, § 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by failing to grant petitioner’s motion for recusal.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Z. G.

For respondent
Brian E. McKinley
Wilder & Mahood

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 20 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 02 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
  3. Sep 22 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent M C to respond filed.
  4. Jun 23 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 26, 2025)