No. 20-1465

Chang Wang, et al. v. Terilyn Carter-Garrett, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2021-04-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-06-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments were violated to deny Petitioners a fair trial due to the bias of the presiding judge

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED a Whether the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and : Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution ; were violated to deny Petitioners a fair trial due to the bias 7 : of the presiding judge when, cumulatively: | | ; 1. In her preliminary instructions to the jury the presiding judge instructed the jury to find for the plaintiffs: ) 2. During the trial, the presiding judge | admonished the defendants an inordinate and unconscionable number of times, at least seventeen, in the presence of and not in the presence of the jury; 3. During the trial, the presiding judge | sustained the objections of counsel for plaintiffs, an inordinate and unconscionable number of times, at least one hundred thirteen, in the presence of and not in the presence of the jury. 4, During the trial, the judge unfairly and prejudicially allowed testimony from a witness to show a pattern to a prior case in which the ‘ 2 PRIOR LITIGATION Lisi of Parties: Indicated on Cover Page . ‘ . List of Proceedings: : . . . 1. California First District Court of Appeals Case No. A155643 : ; Date of Entry of Ruling: November 9, 2020 2. California Supreme Court Case No. 266064 4 Date of Disposition: January 13, 2021 .

Docket Entries

2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-04-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Chang Wang, et al.
Chang Wang — Petitioner