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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. D086512 · judgment August 8, 2025


Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when a state court, without a full evidentiary hearing on the child's best interest or a finding of detriment, strips a fit, primary parent of her fundamental right to direct the education and upbringing of her child by unilaterally changing the child's six-year educational status quo without detriment or full evidentiary hearing and on a judicial "blanket policy."

  2. Whether a state court's refusal to modify a custody order that is causing demonstrable and ongoing physical and psychological harm to a child—a harm created by the bad-faith conduct of RPI—constitutes an abdication of the court's constitutional duty to protect the child's welfare.

  3. 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 punitive ruling denying the litigant's request to relocate with her child.

  4. 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.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Cristina M. Lancranjan

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 31 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
  3. Oct 21 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 18, 2025)