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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

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 17 2026
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 23 2026
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. May 14 2026
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Apr 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Mar 26 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
  6. Jan 14 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2026)