No. 25-1165

Garrett M. Ziegler, et al. v. P. Kevin Morris

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2026-04-10
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: anti-SLAPP-statute due-process fee-sanctions first-amendment private-right-of-action procedural-due-process
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether California's anti-SLAPP statute is unconstitutional, particularly as applied where a civil court, rather than dismissing claims predicated on criminal statutes that confer no private right of action, disregards time limits and orders briefing that burdens protected speech, coerces disclosures, and exposes defendants to punitive fee sanctions without the procedural safeguards required by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether California's anti-SLAPP statute is unconstitutional as applied when a civil court disregards procedural safeguards and imposes burdens on protected speech, coerces disclosures, and exposes defendants to punitive sanctions without compliance with First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment protections

Docket Entries

2026-02-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2026)

Attorneys

Garrett M. Ziegler and ICU, LLC (d/b/a “Marco Polo”)
Jennifer Linsley HollidayLaw Office of Jennifer L. Holliday, Petitioner