No. 25-485

Alvin E. Williams, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2025-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether judicial immunity protects judges who commit fraud and obstruct due process, and whether such actions violate constitutional rights

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the doctrine of judicial immunity protects judges who engage in and facilitated fraud in violation of constitutional due process rights? 2. Whether a judge who committed fraud on the court and was subsequently removed from the bench may lawfully obstruct the and prevent entry of final judgment in favor of the prevailing party, and whether that obstruction, when left uncorrected by the appellate courts, violates the Due Process Clause of the fourteenth Amendment and the integrity of the judicial process 3. Whether due process under the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when a court refuses to consider fraud-based claims solely on procedural grounds despite credible evidence of judicial misconduct. 4. Does the Due Process Clause permit the court to refuse entry of a final judgment in favor of the prevailing party where the presiding judge was found to have committed fraud on the court? 5. Do the principles used in the Hazel-Atlas Glass Co., v. Hartford -Empire Co., 322 U.S. 238 (1944), when this court held that and supported the principal that judgments procured through fraud upon the Court must be set aside regardless of elapsed time set precedence for this case?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-03-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2025)

Attorneys

Alvin E. Williams, et al.
Alvin E. Williams — Petitioner
Judith M. Brown-Williams — Petitioner
Judith M. Brown-Williams — Petitioner