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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
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
- Dec 15 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 25 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Nov 10 2025Waiver of right of respondent S. F. to respond filed.
- Oct 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 8, 2025)