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Mandeep Mundi v. Superior Court of California, Sutter County, et al.

IFP petition · Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District, No. C104593 · judgment October 6, 2025


Pending

Question presented

Whether the Due Process Clause permits a state court to preserve and continue to enforce substantive orders entered by a trial judge who has been formally adjudicated disqualified for bias, by treating the resulting impartial-tribunal defect as harmless and declining to vacate the disqualified judge’s orders.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mandeep Mundi

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jul 02 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. May 26 2026
    Petitioner complied with order of May 4, 2026.
  3. May 04 2026
    The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until May 26, 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.
  4. Apr 16 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
  5. Feb 17 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2026)