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Gary Robinson v. Jerry N. Higgins, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-5933 · judgment August 5, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the state of Kentucky violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by enforcing an illegal tax lien, depriving the petitioner of property without a fair hearing and meaningful opportunity to contest the action.
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Whether the procedural defects, including a court officer signing a summons in place of the defendant, render the resulting judgment unconstitutional under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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Whether the use of a Master Commissioner to conduct judicial functions, despite lacking proper judi cial authority, violates the petitioner’s fundamental rights under the U.S. Constitution.
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Whether the denial of discovery deprived the petitioner of a meaningful opportunity to develop the record and contest the foreclosure proceedings, in vio lation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gary Robinson
For respondent
Melissa Norman Bork
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Aug 27 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 07 2025Brief of respondent Jerry N. Higgins in opposition filed.
- Aug 06 2025Brief of respondents Judge Mary Shaw, et al. in opposition filed.
- Jun 24 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 8, 2025, for all respondents.
- Jun 23 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 9, 2025 to August 8, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 12 2025Waiver of right of respondent Kentucky to respond filed.
- Oct 26 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 9, 2025)