No. 25-683

Peyman Roshan v. Douglas R. McCauley, Individually, and as former Commissioner, California Department of Real Estate

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-11
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-procedure circuit-conflict civil-rights judicial-exhaustion supremacy-clause younger-abstention
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does California's doctrine of judicial exhaustion violate the Supremacy Clause under Williams v. Reed, 145 S.Ct. 465 (2025)?

2. If so, does this Supremacy Clause violation invalidate the California DRE reciprocal disciplinary proceeding based on the Supremacy Clause violating California State Bar proceedings?

3. Does a Supremacy Clause violating proceeding fail to meet the requirements for the application of Younger abstention, as the Seventh Circuit held in SKS & Associates, Inc. v. Dart, 619 F.3d 674 (7th Cir. 2010)?

4. Should this Court resolve the circuit conflict between the Ninth Circuit's opinion in this action and SKS, supra?

5. Were the DRE proceedings invalid because there was no right to a jury even though such proceedings would be deemed legal in the courts of England in 1791 and financial penalties and restitution can be ordered thereunder?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does California's doctrine of judicial exhaustion violate the Supremacy Clause under Williams v. Reed?

Docket Entries

2026-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-13
Supplemental brief of petitioner Peyman Roshan filed. (Distributed)
2026-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Douglas R. McCauley, Individually and as Former Commissioner, California Department of Real Estate to respond filed.
2025-10-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 12, 2026)
2025-08-19
Application (25A199) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 17, 2025.
2025-06-23
Application (25A199) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 18, 2025 to October 17, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Douglas R. McCauley, Individually and as Former Commissioner, California Department of Real Estate
Michael David GoweCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Peyman Roshan
Peyman Roshan — Petitioner