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Kerry Kruskal v. Alan Maestas, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of New Mexico, No. A-1-CA-41284 · judgment June 3, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when a state court affirms the dismissal of civil claims without findings of fact, without evidentiary hearings, and while repeatedly denying discovery, thereby depriving a litigant of any meaningful opportunity to be heard.
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Whether the Equal Protection Clause is violated when courts selectively enforce procedural rules—sanctioning a pro se litigant for minor technical errors while excusing licensed attorneys who repeatedly miss deadlines and ignore motions.
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Whether pro se litigants are constitutionally entitled to meaningful access to the courts, including liberal construction of filings under Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519 (1972), and Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89 (2007), and whether state appellate courts violate due process by refusing to apply those precedents.
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Whether a state appellate court violates the Fourteenth Amendment by affirming a trial court judgment that contains no findings of fact or conclusions of law, thereby foreclosing meaningful review of constitutional claims.
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Whether the cumulative effect of multiple due process violations—including denial of discovery, refusal to compel testimony, summary
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kerry Kruskal
For respondent
John Slater Campbell
Resnick & Louis, P.C.
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, February 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Order list, May 18, 2026 · Rehearing denied
Proceedings
- May 18 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Apr 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
- Apr 14 2026Supplemental brief of petitioner Kerry Kruskal filed.
- Mar 13 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 04 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Feb 03 2026Waiver of right of respondents Alan Maestas, Maestas Law Firm, P.C., Kimberly Alderman, JOnathan Hull, Paula Ganz, Santiago Chavez to respond filed.
- Jan 27 2026Waiver of right of respondent Dwight Thompson to respond filed.
- Dec 15 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 9, 2026)