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Fairness in divorce trials

Rodrigue Alain Ndje Nlend v. Valerie Ndje Nlend

Updated Nov 11, 2026

In brief

Where it stands
Dismissed

Petition denied.

What it’s about
Rodrigue Ndje Nlend claimed that procedures in his Washington divorce case were unfair, alleging that the trial judge fabricated evidence or findings and challenging the appeals court’s use of late evidence, trial timing and notice, and attorney-fee and child-support orders.
Who it affects
The denial ends Rodrigue’s request for Supreme Court review, but does not resolve whether the challenged divorce-case procedures violated his rights.

Summary: written with AI from the case record.

Illustration for Rodrigue Alain Ndje Nlend, Petitioner v. Valerie Ndje Nlend
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What it's about

The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide his claims.

The petition challenged both the King County trial proceedings and the Washington Court of Appeals’ handling of evidence.

Question presented

1. Whether fabrication of evidence and findings by the presiding trial judge, Honorable SUZANNE PARISIEN, violated Rodrigue’s right to due process under the Due Process Clause of the US Constitution, where Honorable SUZANNE PARISIEN was already notoriously known for fabricating evidence and findings and denied the Motion for Judge Disqualification. 2. Whether consideration, by the Washington Court of Appeals, of the Crucial New Evidence indisputably concealed by Valerie throughout proceedings in the King County Superior Court (“KCSC”) and introduced for the first time on appeal long after briefing had closed, deprived Rodrigue of due process of law under the Due Process Clause of the US Constitution. 3. Whether the Order Adjusting Trial Date is void and trial was premature. 4. Whether Valerie and KCSC’s refusal to serve divorce trial notices, orders, and pleadings at Rodrigue’s Designated Address For Service (“DAFS”) violated the Due Process Clause of the US Constitution. 5. Whether alleged service-by-email of the trial notice was untimely and thus deprived Rodrigue of due process of law. 6. Whether KCSC lacked the authority to enter the Attorney’s Fees Order and the Final Child Support Order, and thus violated due process of law.

Documents

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Docket activity

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Sources

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