No. 25-6951

Mandeep Mundi v. Superior Court of California, Sutter County, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2026-03-04
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: due-process-clause harmless-error impartial-tribunal judicial-bias judicial-disqualification structural-error
Latest Conference: 2026-05-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Due Process Clause permits a state court to preserve and continue to enforce substantive orders entered by a trial judge who has been formally adjudicated disqualified for bias, by treating the resulting impartial-tribunal defect as harmless and declining to vacate the disqualified judge's orders.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause permits a state court to preserve and continue to enforce substantive orders entered by a trial judge who has been formally adjudicated disqualified for bias, by treating the resulting impartial-tribunal defect as harmless and declining to vacate the disqualified judge's orders

Docket Entries

2026-04-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
2026-02-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2026)

Attorneys

Mandeep Mundi
Mandeep Mundi — Petitioner