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In Re John A. Shepardson
Paid petition
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Should this Court grant certiorari to address California State Courts violating constitutional due process, free speech, and petitioning rights of a solo trial attorney with over 3,200 hours in the case, advanced over $380,000, by disqualifying him with arbitrary ex post facto rules and repeatedly violating an automatic stay to deny his right to represent the Plaintiff on 8/28/23 in his racial and sexual discrimi nation jury trial after 4.5 years of litigation and the sixth jury trial setting?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John Arthur Shepardson
For respondent
Alan Matthew Steinberg
California Department of Transportation
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 21 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Dec 24 2025Waiver of right of respondent Real Party in Interest California Department of Transportation to respond filed.
- Dec 05 2025Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due January 9, 2026)