No. 23-744

Arthur Lopez v. Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2024-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-recusal recusal right-to-appeal self-represented-litigant standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-06-13 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should Due Process be afforded to self-represented litigant in civil case against Catholic Church?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1.) Should Due Process of Law as mandated by the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment be afforded to self-represented litigant Plaintiff related to Civil Case against Catholic Church Defendant on the Matter of Leave to Amend Complaint? 2.) Should self-represented Plaintiff litigant Right to Appeal civil case be afforded despite Defendant being a Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Diocese? 3.) Should Conflict of Interest discovered by Petitioner in regards to Presiding Justice Kathleen O’Leary, CA Court of Appeals 4th District, Division Three ( CCP 170.1-170.9) i and her spouse Kenneth Babcock, Director of ‘ Public Law Center being recipient of multithousand dollar’s gifts / donations from not only MUFG Union Bank,NA (another defendant in which Plaintiff remains in litigation in the CA Supreme Court and for which Presiding Justice O'Leary denied her own recusal), but also Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange under the flagship of Defendants : Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange be sufficient to vacate dismissal judgments of this case. 3

Docket Entries

2024-06-17
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
2024-03-16
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-16
Waiver of right of respondent Our Lady Queen of Angeles, et al. to respond filed.
2023-12-22
2023-08-18
Application (23A154) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 23, 2023.
2023-07-31
Application (23A154) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 24, 2023 to December 23, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Arthur Lopez
Arthur Lopez — Petitioner
Arthur Lopez — Petitioner
Our Lady Queen of Angeles, et al.
Tyler Z. BernsteinSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, Respondent
Tyler Z. BernsteinSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, Respondent