No. 19-335
Jaideep S. Chawla v. Appeals Court of Massachusetts
Tags: appellate-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-panel notice panel-composition property-rights recusal
Latest Conference:
2019-11-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a state appeals court violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by changing the composition of an appellate panel during the rehearing phase contrary to its own written rules and without notice or an opportunity to be heard.
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires recusal of a judge who was a participant in the executive action under review and was also a witness to disputed facts.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state appeals court violates the Fourteenth Amendment by changing the composition of an appellate panel during the rehearing phase without notice or opportunity to be heard
Docket Entries
2019-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)
2019-07-02
Application (18A1369) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until September 9, 2019.
2019-06-24
Application (18A1369) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 10, 2019 to September 8, 2019, submitted to Justice Breyer.
Attorneys
Jaideep S. Chawla
Jaideep S. Chawla — Petitioner
Mass. Court of Appeals
Jeff Walker — Mass. Attorney General, Respondent