No. 20-524

Yi Tai Shao v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al.

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2020-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: court-jurisdiction court-records default-judgment disqualification due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-bias judicial-recusal recusal
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-12-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the district court and court of appeal violate due process by failing to rule on requests for recusal and disqualification, and failure to provide any explanation as to the accused irregularities contained in the affidavit of disqualification as the grounds for recusal?

2. Are lower court orders void where they were issued before the courts had ruled on motions for recusal or to disqualify the judges hearing the motions?

3. Are the judges of the lower courts disqualified because of bias or appearance of bias arising from the alteration of court records and dockets, and ex parte communications?

4. Did the district court violate due process or act in excess of its jurisdiction by acting on its own motion to grant relief that was not requested and to dismiss actions summarily against defendants in default?

5. Did the district court violate due process or act in excess of its jurisdiction by dismissing actions summarily against defendants who had not made appearance?

6. Was the district court judge required to recuse himself when he was named as a defendant in the same proceeding?

7. Did the district court violate due process by dismissing the case against himself when he was in default?

8. Does the American Inns of Court, in facilitating ex parte contacts between lawyers and judges, create the appearance of bias or partiality requiring recusal and disqualification of judges who are members of the American Inns of Court?

9. Did the lower court violate due process by affirming judgments in favor of the American Inns of Court when its motion was made without notice?

10. Is the Temple Bar Scholarship funded by the American Inns of Court a payment of economic value to judges or employees of courts that constitutes an illegal gift and creates the appearance of bias and requires recusal and disqualification?

11. Does the trial court withholding of entry of defaults violate due process where this was intended to permit the trial court to enter dismissals in favor of defendants who had already defaulted?

12. Does judicial immunity protect judges or other judicial personnel who have conflicts of interest or bias and misused judicial power to conspire with interested parties in altering court records, and disallowing the grieved party a day in the court by dismissing the cases?

13. Does federal law prohibit aiding and abetting violations of due process and violations by judges acting notwithstanding conflicts of interest and the appearance of bias?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the district court and court of appeal violate due process

Docket Entries

2021-01-15
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-12-14
Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U. S. C. §1, and since the qualified Justices are of the opinion that the case cannot be heard and determined at the next Term of the Court, the judgment is affirmed under 28 U. S. C. §2109, which provides that under these circumstances "the court shall enter its order affirming the judgment of the court from which the case was brought for review with the same effect as upon affirmance by an equally divided court." The Chief Justice, Justice Thomas, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-11-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
2020-11-09
Brief amicus curiae of Mothers of Lost Children submitted.
2020-11-04
Request for recusal from petitioner received.
2020-10-22
Waiver of right of respondents Roberts, John G., et al. to respond filed.
2020-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2020)

Attorneys

Mothers of Lost Children
Christopher Wolcott KatzenbachKatzenbach, Amicus
Roberts, John G., et al.
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Yi Tai Shao
Linda Shao — Petitioner