No. 22-6850

Raul Mendez v. Community Health Clinics, Inc., dba Terry Reilly Health Services

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure discovery-sanction dismissal-sanction due-process finality-rule judicial-discretion res-judicata sanctions usurpation-of-judicial-power writ-of-certiorari
Latest Conference: 2023-04-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Is a dismissal sanction a decision on the legal merits of the case? And does res judicata and the finality rule apply to cases dismissed as a discovery sanction?

2) Are Courts required to warn parties about the possibility of dismissal in order to comply with Due Process?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a dismissal sanction a decision on the legal merits of the case? Are Courts required to warn parties about the possibility of dismissal in order to comply with Due Process?

Docket Entries

2023-05-01
Petition DENIED.
2023-04-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
2023-02-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 27, 2023)
2022-11-23
Application (22A457) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 25, 2023.
2022-11-18
Application (22A457) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 27, 2022 to February 25, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Raul Mendez
Raul Mendez — Petitioner