No. 24-575

Zachary Thomas Horton v. Superior Court of California, Solano County, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2024-11-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (4)
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion property-rights right-to-counsel venue-transfer
Latest Conference: 2025-02-28 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

The Declaration of Independence.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these
rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of
the governed..."

The Constitution of the United States.
Preamble: "We the People of the United States,
in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish
Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for
the common defence, promote the general
Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution for the United States
of America. .."

The statement of any question presented is deemed
to comprise every subsidiary question fairly included
therein (Rule 14.1(a)).

1. Whether Judge Christine N. Donovan presiding
in Petitioner's (my) case and claim in the Solano
County Superior Court violated her oath to
protect the Constitution of the United States and
the Constitution of the State of California by:

a. failing to grant injunctive relief and failing
to issue a Temporary Restraining Order of
the taking of my personal property (money)
by the real parties in interest and thereby
abused her discretion and violated my right
to be secure in my property and effects from
unreasonable seizures and my right to NOT
be deprived of my property without due
process of law or deprived of equal
protection of the laws pursuant to the 4th
and 5th Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States and Sections 7 and 13 of
Article I of the Constitution of the State of
California"?

b. denying my right of counsel to be with me
in all aspects of my case and complaint
thereby violated my right of counsel of my
choice as protected by the 6 and gth
Amendment to the US Constitution, and
Sec. 24 of Article I of the Constitution of the
State of California?;

c. ordering the transfer of venue of my court
outside of Solano County, thereby violating
my rights protected by the 9» Amendment
to the US Constitution to hold venue of my
court in the County of where I live and
wherein the unlawful acts against me were
committed?;

2. Whether the justices in the Supreme Court of
California violated my right to petition the
Government for a redress of my grievances
pursuant to the 1s+ Amendment to the US
Constitution and Sec. 3 of Article I of the
Constitution of the State of California by denying
my right to be heard pursuant to my interlocutory
appeal as a Common Law Petition for writ of
Mandamus and Prohibition?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a judge violated constitutional rights by failing to grant injunctive relief, denying right to counsel, and ordering venue transfer in a property dispute case

Docket Entries

2025-03-03
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-02-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
2025-02-05
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-01-27
Application (24A531) denied by the Court.
2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2025-01-08
Application (24A531) referred to the Court.
2025-01-08
Application (24A531) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2024-12-20
Application (24A531) refiled and submitted to Justice Thomas.
2024-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-03
Waiver of right of respondent Solano County Superior Court, et al. to respond filed.
2024-12-03
Application (24A531) denied by Justice Kagan.
2024-12-03
Waiver of right of respondents California Franchise Tax Board and Ashleigh Nelson to respond filed. (Docket entry corrected and corrected waiver form uploaded 1/8/25)
2024-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 26, 2024)
2024-11-18
Application (24A531) for a stay pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Solano County Superior Court, et al.
Michael SapoznikowCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Zachary Thomas Horton
Zachary Thomas Horton — Petitioner