No. 25-508

Richard Rynn, et al. v. UHS of Phoenix, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2025-10-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure due-process ex-parte fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court jurisdictional-defect
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether due process is violated when state courts rely
on a concealed ex parte proceeding and fraudulent
allegations —previously adjudicated as lacking
competent evidence —fail to correct the record or
adjudicate core claims, thereby denying Petitioners a
meaningful hearing and issuing void rulings.

2. Whether courts may ignore sworn admissions holding
the State of Arizona liable for injuries to Marcella and
her parents, and disregard the precedent of earlier court
judgments, without violating due process?

3. Whether claim preclusion may bar a minor 's
independent claims where she was not permitted to
proceed in her own name, indispensable parties were
absent, and newly discovered evidence shows fraud on
the court and due process violations?

4. Whether a state court may summarily deny review
under Ariz. R. Civ. P. 22(f), without factual findings,
and refuse to adjudicate a Rule 60(b) motion alleging
fraud on the court and jurisdictional defects —despite
settled precedent that such motions are not time-
barred —without violating the Due Process Clause of
the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether due process is violated when state courts rely on a concealed ex parte proceeding and fraudulent allegations previously adjudicated as lacking competent evidence, fail to correct the record or adjudicate core claims, thereby denying Petitioners a meaningful hearing and issuing void rulings

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-10-31
Waiver of Arizona Department of Child Safety; Doug Ducey; Cara Christ; Gregory McKay of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-31
Waiver of right of respondents Arizona Department of Child Safety; Doug Ducey; Cara Christ; Gregory McKay to respond filed.
2025-06-16
Application (24A1242) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 25, 2025.
2025-06-09
Application (24A1242) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 26, 2025 to August 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2025-04-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 24, 2025)

Attorneys

Arizona Department of Child Safety; Doug Ducey; Cara Christ; Gregory McKay
Daniel Patrick SchaackArizona Atty. General, Respondent
Richard Rynn, et al.
Richard Rynn — Petitioner