No. 24-225

B. S. v. D. S.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2024-08-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights domestic-violence-restraining-order due-process evidentiary-standard first-amendment fourteenth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess SecondAmendment FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does the preponderance of the evidence standard used for the issuance of a DVRO in California comply with the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of due process?

2. Does the vagueness of the language in California Family Code § 6320(c) instructing courts to issue DVROs for "conduct that, based on the totality of the circumstances, destroys the mental or emotional calm of the other party" violate constitutional due process? And if it does not, may non-violent non-threatening speech be used to support a protective order that deprives its subject of constitutional rights?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the preponderance of the evidence standard for Domestic Violence Restraining Orders in California violate due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, and can non-violent speech support such orders?

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2024)
2024-07-11
Application (24A25) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 26, 2024.
2024-07-06
Application (24A25) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 16, 2024 to August 26, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

B.S.
David ZarmiZarmi Law, Petitioner