No. 25-5199

Burk N. Ashford v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2025-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-procedure court-reporter-transcript due-process indigent-plaintiffs transcript-entitlement trial-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-12-12 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do Civil Case indigent Plaintiffs have the same right to a Trial Court Reporter Transcript as do indigent incarcerated Defendants?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Do Civil Case indigent Plaintiffs have the same right to a Trial Court Reporter Transcript as do indigent incarcerated Defendants? 2. Can Trial Court Reporters [and their organization(s)] be held accountable for refusing and/or failing to provide a Transcript Entitlement without a cash payment in full and in advance and essentially defying indigent entitlements? 3. Is a Civil Case indigent Plaintiff with a compelling need entitled to a Court Reporter's trial transcript at no cost to their self?

Docket Entries

2025-12-15
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-11-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-10-21
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-05-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 25, 2025)

Attorneys

Burk Ashford
Burk N. Ashford — Petitioner