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Tasleema Yasin v. VM Master Issuer, LLC

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Georgia, No. A25A1525 · judgment April 21, 2025


Certiorari denied · April 20, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause is violated when a timely notice of appeal is denied solely because of the State’s malfunctioning mandatory electronic filing system.

  2. Whether Equal Protection is violated when litigants are treated differently based solely on random technological failures in State systems.

  3. Whether the fundamental right of access to courts prohibits a State from extinguishing appellate review due to government-created technical barriers.

  4. Whether adverse judicial treatment of a litigant's constitutional objections constitutes retaliation in violation of the First Amendment’s Petition Clause. II. PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING Petitioner is Tasleema T. Yasin, who was the appellant in the Georgia Court of Appeals and petitioner in the Supreme Court of Georgia. Respondent is VM Master Issuer, LLC, who was the appellee in the Georgia Court of Appeals and respondent in the Supreme Court of Georgia. III. JURISDICTION On April 21, 2025, the Georgia Court of Appeals dismissed Petitioner’s appeal as untimely in Case No. A25A1525. On May 19, 2025, the Georgia Court of Appeals denied Petitioner’s

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Tasleema Yasin

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
25A941

Proceedings

  1. May 08 2026
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  2. Apr 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Apr 10 2026
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Tasleema Yasin filed. (Distributed)
  4. Mar 26 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
  5. Mar 12 2026
    Petitioner complied with order of January 26, 2026.
  6. Feb 24 2026
    Application (25A941) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 19, 2026.
  7. Feb 06 2026
    Application (25A941) for an extension of time within which to comply with the order of an extension of time within which to comply, submitted to Justice Thomas.
  8. Jan 26 2026
    The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until February 17, 2026, 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.
  9. Jan 08 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
  10. Sep 18 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2025)