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Yao Pone v. Board of County Commissioners for Calvert County, Maryland

Paid petition · Circuit Court of Maryland, Calvert County, No. C-04-CV-19-000432 · judgment March 6, 2020


Certiorari denied · June 21, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

a. Were the citations issued by the County sufficient notice of violations? b. Were the Petitioner’s rights violated when the County continued to impose fines while obstructing access to the zoning Board of Appeals which is the normal route for issues resolution within the County regulations? c. Did the Circuit court Judge deny the petitioner due process by accepting and signing Court Orders written in its totality by the County zoning attorney and disregarded the suggested mediation route such as the zoning Board of Appeals where time could be afforded to verify facts versus attorney’s bolstering against a petitioner without counsel? And by doing so violated the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the 25th article of the Maryland Constitution by imposing cruel and unusual punishments for a zoning stop work violation? d. Did the Circuit court and County government deny the petitioner due process by ordering the petitioner to do work and pay penalties, when the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to do so? e. Did the local government violate the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the 25th article of the Maryland Constitution by imposing excessive and cruel fines which will force the petitioner to have lien and loose his land for power abuse and racial bias discriminatory zoning stop work violation?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Yao Pone

For respondent
John A. Mattingly Jr.
Office of the County Attorney

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 21 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 01 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
  3. May 28 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Calvert County Board to respond filed.
  4. Apr 20 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2021)