No. 25-494

Christopher A. Rogalski v. Pennsylvania Department of Education, et al.

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2025-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: administrative-discipline burden-of-proof confrontation-rights due-process educators-rights first-amendment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw ERISA DueProcess FirstAmendment Securities Privacy
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Do educators have the basic First Amendment right to
communicate with their students free of a presumption that
by doing so they are engaged in "grooming " or "targeting "
them for an "inappropriate relationship "?
(Suggested answer is in the affirmative.)

2. Does Due Process of Law require that disciplinary action
against educators for exercising First Amendment rights be
based upon violation of promulgated rules of conduct and
ethics?
(Suggested answer is in the affirmative.)

3. Does Due Process of Law require the right to confront and
cross examine an accuser prior to a determination imposing
administrative "discipline " based upon a determination that a
person is a "danger " to others, or restated, is the lower court's
ruling that an affidavit for an arrest warrant creates an unre-
buttable presumption of its truth an impermissible interpre
tation of the constitutional burden of proof for administrative
"discipline " ?
(Suggested answer is in the affirmative.)

4. Does the Due Process of Law right to justice without de
nial or delay require taking judicial or administrative notice
of a court transcript of testimony contrary to allegations
made by totem pole hearsay?
(Suggested answer is in the affirmative.)

5. Does Appellant's Fourteenth Amendment right to liberty
and Due Process right to a fair trial supersede the Common
wealth's interest in involuntarily determining his "eligibility "
to apply for a renewed teaching license so it could publish
false allegations against him online to poison potential jurors
in the criminal case?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do educators have the basic First Amendment right to communicate with their students free of a presumption that by doing so they are engaged in 'grooming' or 'targeting' them for an 'inappropriate relationship'?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-11-19
Waiver of Pennsylvania Department of Education; Professional Standards and Practices Commission of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-19
Waiver of right of respondents Pennsylvania Department of Education; Professional Standards and Practices Commission to respond filed.
2025-11-19
Waiver of right of respondent Neshaminy School District to respond filed.
2025-10-20
Motion (25M29) Granted.
2025-10-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-08-02
Motion (25M29) of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2025-08-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2025)

Attorneys

Christopher A. Rogalski
Christopher A. Rogalski — Petitioner
Neshaminy School District
John A. TorrenteBegley, Carlin & Mandio, LLP, Respondent
Pennsylvania Department of Education; Professional Standards and Practices Commission
Kathleen Ann Wilde LaBayPennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Respondent