No. 21-5120

Kent Taylor v. Steven Otero

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2021-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default standing state-court-interpretation statute-of-limitations takings
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) IS IT AbUSE oF dISCRETION WShAN ANY COUET MALES AN ORDR SUST -
AINING A DEMURRER WIHOOT LERNE TO AMENd, HE QUESTION AS TO
WHEtHIR OR NOT SOCh COUET AbUSED ITS AISCRETION IN MAKING SUCH
AN ORDER IS CAU ON APPEHL EVEN thOgh NO REGUEST TO AMEND
soch plardng ioAs ninde,

z) CAV AUY PLEAdMg bE AMENdEd ONCE by thE PHETY oF COUDE; ANd
WIThOUT COSTS, AT HY TIME bEFRE tHE ANSWER OR dEMURER IS
FiIEd; OR AFTER DEMARLER ANd bIFERE thHE TRIAL OF HHE ISSOE OF
LAW HEREON, by FiIMSg HhE SAME AS AMAdEd ANd SCRING A
COpy ON THE AdVRSE PAETY, ANd HHE TIME IN WOLICh HE ADVIRSE
PARTY MUST RESPONd HERETO ShALL bE COMPOTED FROM thE dATE
OF NOTICE OF tHE AMENdMENT ;

MALPRACTICE CLAiM,

4) WONd A AMEUdMENT TO THE COMPLANT, TO ACTOAL FRAOD,
FROM GENERAC
NEgIGENCE bE FROITFOL,
MENT , FOR HHE CAUSE OF ACTION OF HCTUAL FRAUd,

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-03
Waiver of right of respondent Steven Otero to respond filed.
2021-04-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 16, 2021)

Attorneys

Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor — Petitioner
Steven Otero
Jose Luis MartinezOffice of the County Counsel, County of Santa Clara, Respondent