No. 25-1430October Term 2025Petition Pending
Carlos A. Alonso Cano, as Next Friend of His Minor Daughters Katy Alonso Morejon and Jany Leidy Alonso Morejon, et al., Petitioners v. 245 C&C, LLC, et al.
This petition arises from a housing dispute involving a lease’s jury-trial waiver, discovery sanctions, proceedings before a magistrate judge, and claimed disability-related accommodations under the Fair Housing Act.
Case status
- Current stage
- Petition Pending
- Latest event
- Petition pending
- Decision timing
- No decision timeline until the Court agrees to hear the case.
- What it's about
This petition arises from a housing dispute involving a lease’s jury-trial waiver, discovery sanctions, proceedings before a magistrate judge, and claimed disability-related accommodations under the Fair Housing Act. The petitioners also challenge whether a federal court may use an independent equitable action to address alleged fraud on a state-court judgment.
Question presented
1. Whether the Seventh Amendment permits the waiver of a jury trial through a standard lease provision without an explicit, voluntary, and knowing waiver, or written stipulation on record? 2. Whether a district court violates Article III of the Constitution and the Federal Magistrates Act by referring case matters to a magistrate judge for actions beyond the scope of the parties' explicit written consent? 3. Whether a court violates a litigant's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to Due Process by imposing monetary sanctions directly upon the litigant for discovery delays caused by retained counsel? 4. Whether a tenant's request for reasonable accommodation or modification made during a HUD-conducted conciliation process constitutes a formal, actionable request under the Fair Housing Act? 5. Whether the Fair Housing Act imposes a duty on housing providers to open dialogue and engage in a timely interactive process with tenants requesting reasonable accommodation or modifications? 6. Whether a federal court may exercise its inherent equity power in an independent action to protect the integrity of the judicial system from fraud upon a court, even when the underlying judgment originated in a state court?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit / Petition pending
- Area
Petition for review pending
Briefing
What it's about
The petition asks whether a standard lease term can waive a tenant's right to a jury trial without an explicit, knowing agreement. It also raises questions about magistrate-judge referrals, sanctions for counsel-caused delays, disability accommodations under the Fair Housing Act, and separate court actions alleging fraud on a court.
Argument
The case is pending, and oral argument has not been scheduled. The petition asks the Court to review several questions involving jury-trial waivers, federal court procedures, sanctions, and Fair Housing Act accommodation requests.
Impact
The case could affect tenants, landlords, and people in federal court disputes over leases and housing accommodations. For example, a tenant who seeks an accommodation during a HUD conciliation process could be affected by whether that request triggers duties for a housing provider.
What is at stake in Cano v. 245 C&C?
The petition challenges lease-based jury-trial waivers and raises questions about federal court procedure and Fair Housing Act accommodation requests.
Who could be affected by this case?
Tenants, landlords, and litigants in federal court could be affected. A tenant seeking a disability accommodation during HUD conciliation is one example.
What happens next in Cano v. 245 C&C?
The Court may decide whether to grant certiorari, meaning it agrees to hear the case. Oral argument has not been scheduled.
Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary materials plus reporting.
- Note
- Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 2, 2026
- Method
- Methodology