( January 22, 2025, 10:19 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 21 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by a physician seeking review of the California Supreme Court’s ruling declining review of a lower court decision that denied a motion to strike filed by a physician pursuant to the California Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) in a defamation suit filed against the physician by an attorney alleging that she and another physician defamed him by calling him a “vexatious” litigant on a public website....