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Ruth Torres v. Veretta Frazier, Judge, 44th Civil District Court, Dallas County, Texas, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-11021 · judgment June 10, 2025


Certiorari denied · June 15, 2026

Questions presented

Whether judicial immunity bars all relief—including injunctive or declaratory relief—where state judges acted in the clear absence of jurisdiction and where a state judicial commission later sanctioned one judge for denying due-process. b) Whether U.S. Const, amend. XIV, § 1 due process and equal protection guarantees were violated when state Administrative Regional Judge’s Wheless presided over summary judgment hearing—without lawful assignment—after prior recusal in related procedure, directed the clerk to reject Petitioner’s answer, and despite lack of statutorily required twenty-one-day hearing notice, issued a permanent, state-wide injunction barring Petitioner’s to be employed in her lawful profession.

  1. Whether state judges are disqualified—after a finding by a state judicial oversight body—or via acting lacking jurisdiction and with clear bias, thereby rendering judges orders void under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.

  2. Whether appeal not taken in good faith and categorizing Petitioner’s constitutional claims as “frivolous” was warranted because the claims challenged judicial rulings and despite pleading sufficiency and plausibility. WRIT OF CERTIORARI Page 2 of 33

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ruth Torres

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A860

Proceedings

  1. Jun 15 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 27 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
  3. Apr 02 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 15, 2026)
  4. Feb 02 2026
    Application (25A860) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 2, 2026.
  5. Jan 27 2026
    Application (25A860) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 1, 2026 to April 2, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.