No. 25-477

Aaron Jacob Mindiola v. Arizona, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: claim-construction eleventh-amendment ex-parte-young federal-credit-reporting-act pro-se title-ii-ada
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2025-12-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

In an Arizona divorce, despite A.R.S. §25-403(5)'s best-interests standard addressing the mental health of all parties, the court compelled only the disabled-veteran father to disclose VA mental-health records and denied his request for reciprocal disclosure of the mother's mental health records under that standard. Then, in the absence of his mental health records, the state court imposed non-support penalties that the state enforcement agency later misclassified as child-support arrears and reported at the default 10% statutory rate contrary to the decree. Oregon 9th Circuit affirmed dismissal and denied leave to amend as futile. The questions presented are:

1. Whether a federal court may dismiss a pro se complaint and deny leave to amend as "futile" without (a) liberally construing the allegations under Johnson v. City of Shelby, 574 U.S. 10 (2014), to recognize a Title II ADA claim fairly disclosed by the facts, and (b) performing the claim-by-claim Eleventh Amendment analysis that United States v. Georgia, 546 U.S. 151 (2006), and Tennessee v. Lane, 541 U.S. 509 (2004), require for Title II claims.

2. Whether Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908), permits prospective relief against a state Title IV-D official to halt ongoing post-judgment enforcement that contradicts a decree and violates federal law—and, as necessary, whether a furnisher's legal misclassification (e.g., reporting court-ordered fees as "child-support arrears") can be an actionable "inaccuracy" under the Federal Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a federal court may dismiss a pro se complaint and deny leave to amend as 'futile' without liberally construing the allegations and performing required Eleventh Amendment analysis

Docket Entries

2025-12-15
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-21
Waiver of Maricopa County of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-21
Waiver of right of respondent Maricopa County to respond filed.
2025-11-07
Waiver of right of respondents State of Arizona, Dawn Bergin, Kris Mayes, Angie Rogers, and Arizona Department of Economic Security-Division of Child Support Services to respond filed.
2025-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2025)

Attorneys

Aaron J. Mindiola
Aaron Mindiola — Petitioner
Maricopa County
Daniel Patrick StruckStruck Love Acedo, PLC, Respondent
State of Arizona, Dawn Bergin, Kris Mayes, Angie Rogers, and Arizona Department of Economic Security-Division of Child Support Services
Bruce Chandler SmithLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Respondent