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Sossamma George Sebastin v. Sebastin Francis

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, No. 2-25-0139 · judgment April 30, 2025


Certiorari denied · December 15, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Whether fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution are violated when a court denies a pro se litigant access to a custody evaluator’s report that was used to effectively terminate parenting time, impose a protective order, and mandate psychological treatment, while also denying meaningful notice and opportunity to present rebuttal, exculpatory, inculpatory and impeachment evidence?

  2. Whether fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution are violated when a court enforces a two-tiered system of justice by denying a pro se litigant the same procedural tools and rights it granted to opposing counsel for accessing evidence and presenting a case, thereby depriving the litigant of a protected liberty or property interest?

  3. Whether the use of sealed custody evaluator’s report (with alleged psychological diagnosis) to justify involuntary treatment, without granting access of that report to the diagnosed party, violates HIPAA and medical privacy laws, as well as procedural due process rights?

  4. Whether a state court's repeated due process violations, specifically the denial of access to sealed custody records that were used to effectively terminate

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sossamma George Sebastin

For respondent
Myra A. Foutris
Foutris Law Office, Ltd.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 15 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 25 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
  3. Nov 10 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent S. F. to respond filed.
  4. Oct 14 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 8, 2025)