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

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Michigan, No. 367231, 367691 · judgment April 9, 2025


Certiorari denied · November 24, 2025
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. Did the State of Michigan by its judiciary violate Petitioner's due process and equal protection rights by ruling contrary to the binding rule of law that resulted in a legally/ factually impossible ruling when property trespass damages were ordered against Petitioner Silas Salyers, the deed holder and the property record owner, and to Respondent Walker who as courts confirmed has no transfer deed in his name? II. Did the State of Michigan by its judiciary violate due process/equal protection rights and the U.S. Constitution Contract clause when they declared null and void Petitioner's property documents, while Respondent filed no complaint regarding such deeds and while Petitioner's counsel was heavily ($3,500) fined despite compliance with orders and ordered to pay $2,500 to Respondent's attorney to prepare the document actually prepared by the Petitioner's attorney?? III. Did the State of Michigan by its judiciary violate the U.S. Constitution Contract clause and Petitioner's fundamental right to contract when they awarded trespass damages to Respondent despite confirming that there was no transfer deed in Walker's name, and required Petitioner's vendor to pay contract proceeds to Walker while Walker was not a party to the Petitioner Salyers' contract? IV. Did Michigan state officials enable Respondent's scheme of getting Petitioner's property without paying for it while Respondent Walker had

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. Nov 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 06 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Clifford B. Walker, Personal Representative of the Estate of Evelyn Walker to respond filed.
  3. Nov 05 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
  4. Sep 08 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2025)