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No. 25-1371October Term 2025Before Arguments

Docket 25-1371October Term 2025 (2025–2026)

Arthur Edward Ezor, Petitioner v. Ellie Page

from the Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District.

Case status

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What it's about

from the Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District.

Question presented

1. The Supreme Court of California should not have denied the Petition for Review, and the subject Order against EZOR should be reversed. 2. The Supreme Court of California had inherent and statutory authority to order the relief requested and violated constitutional norms in not properly ruling in favor of EZOR and against ELLIE PAGE ( “ PAGE ”). 3. The Supreme Court of California denied EZOR proper and meaningful constitutional review. 4. Denying EZOR review, and a full-fledged hearing on the merits, with oral argument and a reasoned written decision, was a denial of Due Process and Equal Protection of Laws under both the California and U.S. Constitutions. 5. Denial of review violated EZOR ’ s First Amendment right of access to the courts. 6. Procedural and substantive due process was violated, and valuable Property, legal and equitable rights were abridged and lost, when the Supreme Court of California did not reverse the improper granting of summary judgment by the trial court (App.la), and the Court of Appeal ’ s affirmance of same (App.2a). There are material triable issues in the case that should have been heard by a jury. 7. EZOR was denied his primordial constitutional right to a jury trial pursuant to the 14th and 7th Amendments and appropriate remedies in law and equity. 8. The reversible improper, unlawful granting of summary judgment by the lower courts was cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th Amendment. 9. As there was a plethora of material triable issues, it was a denial of due process equal protection of laws and the right to a jury to grant summary judgment against EZOR and in favor of PAGE.

Case path

Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District / Accepted by the Court

Area

First Amendment, Civil Rights

Timing

Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term

The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.

The Court does not announce decision dates in advance.Argument and decision days

Briefing

What it's about

Arthur Edward Ezor is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a California case involving Ellie Page after lower state courts ruled against him and the California Supreme Court declined review. He argues that summary judgment (a judge's ruling without a trial) and the denial of further review violated his rights to due process, equal protection, access to the courts, and a jury trial.

Argument

The case is still at the certiorari (review) stage, and no oral argument is scheduled. Ezor's petition says California courts denied him meaningful constitutional review and wrongly let the case end without a jury.

Impact

If the justices take the case, it could raise broader questions about when civil cases can be ended without a jury and what process people are owed when a state high court declines review. That could matter to other litigants who say their claims were cut off before a full trial.

What is Arthur Edward Ezor v. Ellie Page about?

Ezor wants the Supreme Court to review California rulings against him. He says the lower courts and the California Supreme Court denied him constitutional protections, including a jury trial.

Who could be affected if the Court takes Arthur Edward Ezor v. Ellie Page?

Civil litigants whose cases end at summary judgment could watch closely. The case also touches on how much process people get when a state high court refuses review.

What happens next in Arthur Edward Ezor v. Ellie Page?

The justices will decide whether to grant certiorari or deny review. No oral argument has been scheduled yet.

Grounding

Grounding
Primary materials plus reporting.
Note
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Jul 17, 2026
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