No. 25-718

Missouri, ex rel. Sylvia Pride v. Court of Appeals of Missouri, Western District

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2025-12-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process judicial-fabrication open-records property-interest
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a state appellate court ignores the undisputed facts of an appeal and expressly decides an appeal on different, even opposite facts, does the resulting decision violate the due process rights of a litigant? Is a state created right of appeal a property interest protected by the due process clauses of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, and is that right satisfied when appellate courts decide appeals based upon fictional scenarios which are contrary to the undisputed facts of the appeal presented?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state appellate court violates due process rights by deciding an appeal on fabricated facts contrary to the undisputed record, thereby depriving a litigant of a property interest in the right of appeal

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2025-08-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)

Attorneys

Sylvia Pride
Sylvia Pride — Petitioner