No. 24-7317

Laurack D. Bray v. Matthew Scott Kenefick, Individually and as Partner in Jeffers Mangels, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: court-of-appeals judicial-bias legal-procedure race-discrimination section-1981 summary-reversal
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. IS IT REVERSIBLE ERROR FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TO TREAT OPPOSING PARTIES (ONE A BLACK MALE ATTORNEY AND THE OTHER A WHITE MALE ATTORNEY ) DIFFERENTLY IN REACHING ITS DECISION IN THE CASE?

2. ARE FALSE STATEMENTS MADE BY A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE TREATED THE SAME AS FALSE STATEMENTS MADE BY LITIGANTS DURING THE COURSE OF LITIGATION?

3. IS THE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENT TO BRING A 42 U.S.C. sec. 1981 CLAIM, AS ESPOUSED IN DOMINO'S PIZZA, STILL GOOD LAW FOR NON-CONTRACT sec. 1981 CLAIMS?

4. CAN A CASE LEGALLY BE DEEMED FRIVOLOUS WHERE THERE IS A PENDING MOTION FOR SUMMARY REVERSAL TO BE DECIDED ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is it reversible error for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to treat opposing parties differently based on race, and are false statements by a federal district judge treated the same as litigants' false statements?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-05-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 30, 2025)

Attorneys

Laurack Bray
Laurack D. Bray — Petitioner