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Mikhael Y. Lerman v. Celine E. Lerman
IFP petition · Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, No. H053267 · judgment July 7, 2025
Questions presented
2 3 4 1. Whether California Family Code § 2550, as applied in this case, violates my Equal 5 Protection and Due Process rights. 6
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Whether rigid equal division amounts to an unconstitutional taking under the 7 Fourteenth Amendment or involuntary servitude under the Thirteenth Amendment. 8 9
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Whether the doctrine of the highest power and the second highest power should be 10 recognized as a constitutional principle to ensure structural fairness. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 2 - [59] PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mikhael Y. Lerman
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Proceedings
- May 26 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- May 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2026.
- Mar 17 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Dec 13 2025Petitioner complied with Court's order of December 8, 2025.
- Dec 08 2025The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until December 29, 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.
- Nov 19 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Sep 12 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 3, 2025)