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Silas Salyers, aka Silas Salyer v. Clifford B. Walker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Evelyn Walker

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Michigan, No. 376914 · judgment September 29, 2025


Certiorari denied · June 22, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

I. Whether a state court violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by entering judgment of eviction against the landowner without a trial or evidentiary hearing? II. Whether a state court violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by refusing to disqualify the same judge who was the decision maker in the prior trespass case with the same parties, same request for possession not granted in the 1st case? III. Whether a state court violates the Fundamental Right to Contract Under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth and the U.S. Constitution Contract Clause by ordering Petitioner to be evicted from his own home and farm which he never contracted away to Respondent? IV. Whether a state court violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by ruling contrary to the binding law? V. Whether a state court enabled a RICO1 scheme of Respondent's taking of Petitioner's home and farm without paying for it when it issued judgment of possession to someone who has no transfer deed in his name and has not paid for the property? 1Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. 96

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Elena A. Paremsky
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Martin G. Lozier
Martin G. Lozier, PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 22 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 02 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
  3. May 22 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Clifford B. Walker, as Personal Representive of the Estate of Evelyn Walker to respond filed.
  4. Apr 21 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 29, 2026)