No. 25-181

Arthur Lopez v. California Department of Motor Vehicles, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2025-08-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection registration-fees unlawful-seizure
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FourthAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-10-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the California Department of Motor Vehicles violated constitutional rights through fraudulent registration fee schemes and unlawful vehicle seizure

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Should the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles and the other defendants in this case be accountable for deprivation of Civil Rights (including Due Process and Equal Protection under Law Fourteenth Amendment and Double Jeopardy, Fifth Amendment) Fraud schemes to overcharge Registration Fees (Eighth Amendment) leading to Unlawful Search and Seizure of Petitioners Automobile (Fourth Amendment)? 2

Docket Entries

2025-10-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-05-22
Application (24A1121) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 15, 2024 (Nunc pro tunc).
2024-11-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2025)
2024-07-29
Application (24A1121) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 16, 2024 to November 15, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Arthur Lopez
Arthur Lopez — Petitioner