No. 23-86

Christopher Bayre Chamberlin v. Hartog, Baer & Hand, APC, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: access-to-courts appellate-review attorney-malpractice civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process legal-ethics legal-malpractice pro-se-litigation
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether HBH (concealing its family rela
tionship with the adverse party in the
underlying probate litigation) violated
Petitioner's constitutional rights to freely
associate and make contracts with con
flict-free counsel, depriving Petitioner of
due process and access to the courts?

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit's pre-screen
ing regime —vesting staff attorneys with
exclusive authority to adjudicate "pro se"
appeals —deprived Petitioner of his con
stitutional and federal statutory rights to
appellate review by Article III judges, im
properly favoring Respondents, requiring
reversal?

3. Whether, due to egregious legal errors
and due process violations, this case war
rants summary reversal?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether HBH's concealment of its family relationship with the adverse party violated the petitioner's constitutional rights to freely associate and make contracts with conflict-free counsel, depriving the petitioner of due process and access to the courts

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-08-30
Waiver of right of respondent Hartog, Baer & Hand, APC, et al. to respond filed.
2023-07-27

Attorneys

Christopher B. Chamberlin
Christopher Bayre Chamberlin — Petitioner
Hartog, Baer & Hand, APC, et al.
Thomas J. D'AmatoD'Amato Law Corporation, Respondent