No. 25-508

Richard Rynn, et al. v. UHS of Phoenix, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2025-10-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure due-process ex-parte fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court jurisdictional-defect
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether due process is violated when state courts rely on a concealed ex parte proceeding and fraudulent allegations previously adjudicated as lacking competent evidence, fail to correct the record or adjudicate core claims, thereby denying Petitioners a meaningful hearing and issuing void rulings

Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether due process is violated when state courts rely on a concealed ex parte proceeding and fraudulent allegations —previously adjudicated as lacking competent evidence —fail to correct the record or adjudicate core claims, thereby denying Petitioners a meaningful hearing and issuing void rulings. 2. Whether courts may ignore sworn admissions holding the State of Arizona liable for injuries to Marcella and her parents, and disregard the precedent of earlier court judgments, without violating due process? 3. Whether claim preclusion may bar a minor ’s independent claims where she was not permitted to proceed in her own name, indispensable parties were absent, and newly discovered evidence shows fraud on the court and due process violations? 4. Whether a state court may summarily deny review under Ariz. R. Civ. P. 22(f), without factual findings, and refuse to adjudicate a Rule 60(b) motion alleging fraud on the court and jurisdictional defects —despite settled precedent that such motions are not timebarred —without violating the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? 3

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-10-31
Waiver of Arizona Department of Child Safety; Doug Ducey; Cara Christ; Gregory McKay of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-31
Waiver of right of respondents Arizona Department of Child Safety; Doug Ducey; Cara Christ; Gregory McKay to respond filed.
2025-06-16
Application (24A1242) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 25, 2025.
2025-06-09
Application (24A1242) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 26, 2025 to August 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2025-04-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 24, 2025)

Attorneys

Arizona Department of Child Safety; Doug Ducey; Cara Christ; Gregory McKay
Daniel Patrick SchaackArizona Atty. General, Respondent
Daniel Patrick SchaackArizona Atty. General, Respondent
Richard Rynn, et al.
Richard Rynn — Petitioner
Richard Rynn — Petitioner