No. 21-8012

Soraya Maria Rigor v. Dale Carlsen, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process intellectual-property punitive-damages racketeering special-relationship takings university-trustees
Key Terms:
Patent Copyright JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

[i]n what circumstances may punitive damages be awarded under the 1)
United States Constitution, when civil violations by California State
University Sacramento trustees injured students through an intent to
defraud students of their coursework intellectual property, and rights to
rewards occurred?

Do University students have remedies in the special relationship 2)
clause, include the freedom to innovate on a university campus where they
are officially enrolled at and in good standing, without injuries from
infringement issues by state appointed university employees that misuse
their position(s) of power?

3) [i]n what circumstances may punitive damages be awarded under the
Constitution and other violations including Racketeering and 18 U.S.C
1964(c) applied with Rotella v. Wood , the Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights
Act, as amended for unlawful intentional discrimination and violations in
duty of care to university students which led to loss of original and valuable
coursework intellectual property through intentional and systematic
infringement?

4) [i]n what circumstances may punitive damages be awarded for
negligence, self-dealing, and violations in duty of care in 'special relationship '
between university and its students when wronged and seeking remedy in
intellectual property cases?

5) Stakeholders on a National level ask the Court, [i]n what
circumstances are these well-established laws overlooked when considering
outcomes of intellectual property cases?

6) [i]n what circumstances is it okay for trustees and fiduciaries to take
ownership and rewards of students ' coursework intellectual property?

7) Are university trustees and employees allowed to deprive student
creator(s) of the IP and/or value propositions in that original work of value,
by the enrolled student in good standing?

May injunction relief be appropriately applied to RICO Act cases such 8)
as this in the interest of justice? RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq.,

9) Are university students immune to and protected from racketeering
and self-dealing guardians who commit fraud for personal gain without
regards to the intended student beneficiaries?

10) Are they going to get away with it?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-02-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 1, 2022)

Attorneys

Soraya Maria Rigor
Soraya Maria Rigor — Petitioner