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Cristina M. Lancranjan v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al.

IFP petition · Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, No. D086112 · judgment May 29, 2025


Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause is violated when a state court, with knowledge of extrinsic fraud that results in void orders, refuses to remedy the fraud and instead relies on those void orders to unconstitutionally strip a litigant of her fundamental parental rights, the attorney-client privilege, and the right to a fair trial.

  2. Whether a state court engages in unconstitutional retaliation in violation of the First Amendment when, immediately after a litigant files a motion to disqualify the judge for bias, the court strikes the motion and issues a series of punitive rulings, including sanctioning a domestic violence victim for seeking a protective order.

  3. Whether a state's justice system effectuates a complete breakdown of due process when it permits one party to illegally seize all marital assets and then denies the indigent, self­ represented party access to those same funds to secure legal counsel, creating an unconstitutional structural imbalance that weaponizes the legal system as a tool of abuse. LIST OF PARTIES AH parties to the proceedings below were: • Cristina M. Lancranjan, Petitioner here. • The Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, Respondent below. • Brett F. Truitt, Real Party in Interest below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Cristina M. Lancranjan

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A575

Order
Order list, January 12, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 29 2025
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Cristina M. Lancranjan filed. (Distributed)
  3. Dec 24 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  4. Nov 24 2025
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Cristina M. Lancranjan filed.
  5. Nov 17 2025
    Application (25A575) denied by Justice Kagan.
  6. Oct 15 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2025)
  7. Oct 15 2025
    Application (25A575) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kagan.