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Sasho Stantchev v. Bunker Hill Community College
IFP petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 2024-P-0381 · judgment April 9, 2025
Certiorari denied · April 20, 2026
Question presented
Whether the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment is violated when the enforcement of procedural deadlines takes priority over the merit of cases of personal injury which occurred at a state institution. Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clause permits a state court to apply procedural rules asymmetrically by excusing untimely conduct by government defendants while imposing the harshest possible sanction on an unrepresented litigant for nonculpable delay.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Sasho Stantchev
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 17 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Jul 23 2026DISTRIBUTED.
- May 14 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Apr 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Jan 14 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2026)