No. 20-403

Jose Edward Valentin, et al. v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-09-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment municipal-code vagueness zoning zoning-ordinance
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.51.020 (A)(1)(e), which prohibits Group Residential use, is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because it fails to give adequate guidance to those who would be law-abiding and to guide courts in trying those who are accused.

2. Whether Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.51.020 (A)(1)(e) that provides for misdemeanor charges by means of intruding into private homes of individuals who are not family members and deny certain benefits that family members enjoy is constitutional.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.51.020 (A)(1)(e) is unconstitutional

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-09-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Jose Edward Valentin, et al.
Rosario PerryRosario Perry, A Professional Law Corporation, Petitioner