No. 25-6398

Loni Nicole Granger, et al. v. Lauren J. King, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review mandamus ninth-circuit random-assignment
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Ninth Circuit violated petitioners ' Fifth Amendment due-process rights by summarily
denying in-forma-pauperis status and dismissing three related appeals as "frivolous " without addressing
more than a dozen pending substantive motions.

2. 'Whether the repeated re-labeling of duly filed writs of mandamus and sanctions motions as
"miscellaneous pro se filings " constitutes a denial of meaningful appellate review.

3. Whether assigning the same judicial panel to all three appeals and issuing virtual'y identical
dismissal orders violated the Ninth Circuit 's random-assignment procedures and the constitutional
guarantee of impartial tribunals.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit violated petitioners' Fifth Amendment due-process rights by summarily denying in-forma-pauperis status and dismissing appeals as 'frivolous' without addressing pending motions

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-02-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2025-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)

Attorneys

Loni Nicole Granger, et al.
Loni Nicole Granger — Petitioner