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Frederick M. Hill v. Angela Stuff, Warden

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-3929 · judgment May 30, 2024


Certiorari denied · November 24, 2025

Questions presented

  1. Should the “one fair shot” and procedural due process require the court of appeals to notify a petitioner that an appeal and briefing schedule is being converted back to a COA, if an amended CO A could bring forth arguments for granting the COA?

  2. If the trial record clearly shows on its face egregious violations of the Fourth and Sixth Amendments; and cause for procedural default, is there a debatable and substantial constitutional claim; or is it adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed for a COA to be granted? a. During a “knock and talk” criminal investigation when there is no answer at the first door of “public common use” does it allow police to play “Let’s Make a Deal” by knocking on doors numbers two and three? b. Whether a “knock and talk,” is a physical intrusion; and a Fourth Amendment violation when access is gained by a pathway that the public would not normally use? c. During a criminal investigative “knock and talk”, on a single, private, unregulated commercial building, is it entitled to the same Fourth Amendment protection as a house and its “curtilage”?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Frederick M. Hill

For respondent
Mathura Jaya Sridharan
Ohio Attorney General's Office

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, November 24, 2025 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Nov 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 06 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
  3. Nov 03 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Kenneth Black, Warden to respond filed.
  4. Sep 29 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 14, 2025)