No. 19-8879

Gurminder Sekhon v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-07-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines judicial-process standing trial-transcript
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-21
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
2020-06-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 31, 2020)

Attorneys

Gurminder Sekhon
Gurminder Sekhon — Petitioner
Gurminder Sekhon v. California
Donna Marie ProvenzanoOffice of the California Attorney General, Respondent