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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
Certiorari denied · October 5, 2026
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
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Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Orders
Order list, May 4, 2026
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- May 26 2026Petitioner complied with order of May 4, 2026.
- May 04 2026The 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.
- Apr 16 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
- Feb 17 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2026)