No. 23-6163

Vidala Aaronoff v. Curtis Olson

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2023-12-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: attorney-fees civil-harassment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection indigent pro-se pro-se-litigant
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-04-12 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause requires a court to construe a pro se litigant's filings liberally in order to enable the litigant to participate as fully as possible in proceedings in which they possess an interest?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Due Process Clause requires a court to construe a pro se litigant’s filings liberally in order to enable the litigant to participate as fully as possible in proceedings in which they possess an interest? 2. Whether the Equal Protection Causes allows a state court to grant a wealthy litigant’s request for attorney’s fees against an indigent litigant in connection with a petition for a civil harassment restraining order without considering the indigent litigant’s ability to pay? ii

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-18
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-04
Waiver of right of respondent Curtis Olson to respond filed.
2024-01-04
Brief amici curiae of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), et al. filed.
2023-07-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 4, 2024)

Attorneys

Curtis Olson
Robert Collings LittleBuchalter, A Professional Corporation, Respondent
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), California Women’s Law Center (CWLC), Family Violence Appellate Project (FVAP) and Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (LACLJ)
Alan J. ReinachAlan J. Reinach, Esq., Amicus
Vidala Aaronoff
Vidala Aaronoff — Petitioner