Jaideep S. Chawla v. Appeals Court of Massachusetts
DueProcess
Whether a state appeals court violates the Fourteenth Amendment by changing the composition of an appellate panel during the rehearing phase without notice or opportunity to be heard
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a state appeals court violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by changing the composition of an appellate panel during the rehearing phase contrary to its own : written rules and without notice or an opportunity to be heard. 2. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires recusal of a judge who was a . participant in the executive action under review and was also a witness to disputed facts. ii PARTIES All parties are identified in the caption of this petition. Petitioner was the petitioner in the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Suffolk and was the appellant in the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Petitioner is a natural person. ; RELATED CASES , Chawla v. Court of Appeals of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Case No. SJC-12488 Decision Date: April 11, 2019 Chawla v. Court of Appeals of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Suffolk Case No. SJ-2017-0095 Decision Date: February 15, 2018 Commonwealth ex rel. Chawla v. Gonzalez, et al. ; Court of Appeals of Massachusetts : Case No. 2015-P-0483 Decision Date: August 22, 2016 Commonwealth ex rel. Chawla v. Gonzalez, et al. Suffolk Superior Court ; Case No. 1484CV2090D : Decision Date: December 10, 2014