No. 25-881

Christopher Hadsell v. Catherine Isham

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2026-01-23
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: constitutional-challenge court-access due-process fundamental-rights judicial-procedure vexatious-litigant
Key Terms:
DueProcess FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether States' Vexatious-Litigant Laws, specifically California's Vexatious-Litigant Law, are unconstitutional facial and as-applied challenges to fundamental rights

Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Are States’! Vexatious-Litigant Law (“States’ VL Law’), and specifically, California’s VexatiousLitigant Law (“CA VL Law’, Cal. Code Civ. Proc.? §§391-391.8), unconstitutional facially because they do not involve an actual, compelling state interest, or are not narrowly tailored? 2. Are States’ VL Law, and specifically CA VL Law, unconstitutional as applied? 3. Is the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS”) writ of certiorari process (“Writ Process”) unconstitutional facially because it violates: i) U.S. Const. art. III, §2, cl. 2 (“Congressional Regulation of SCOTUS”), or ii) U.S. Const. amend. I (“1st Amend.”). 4. Is SCOTUS’ Writ Process unconstitutional as applied? 1 “States” includes the 50 States, D.C., and the 5 inhabited U.S. Territories. 2 Subsequent references to the Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. will be designated “CCP”. ii II.

Docket Entries

2025-11-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 23, 2026)

Attorneys

Christopher Hadsell
Christopher Hadsell — Petitioner
Christopher Hadsell — Petitioner