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John Zhong, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B349374 · judgment October 14, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a state court to summarily deny a motion for judicial disqualification, without any rea soned analysis, where the alleged facts—if true—es tablish an objectively intolerable risk of judicial bias under this Court’s precedents.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John Zhong
For respondent
William Litvak
Dapeer, Rosenblit & Litvak LLP
Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
26A145
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 12 2026Supplemental brief of petitioners John Zhong, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 12 2026Reply of petitioners John Zhong, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Sep 04 2026Application (26A145) referred to the Court.
- Sep 04 2026Application (26A145) denied by the Court.
- Aug 20 2026Brief of respondent City of Diamond Bar in opposition filed.
- Aug 11 2026Supplemental brief of petitioners John Zhong, et al. filed.
- Aug 06 2026Application (26A145) refiled and submitted to The Chief Justice.
- Aug 03 2026Application (26A145) denied by Justice Kagan.
- Jul 24 2026Application (26A145) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kagan.
- Dec 30 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 20, 2026)