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Robert Knickerbocker v. Michigan

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Michigan, No. 373676 · judgment April 28, 2025


Certiorari denied · February 23, 2026

Question presented

I. Did A FUNDAMENTAL MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DUE PROCESS VIOLATION OCCUR WHEN THE STATE COURT VIOLATED SCHLUP V. DELO, 513 U.S. 29B (1995), BY EMPLOYING AN IMPROPER POST-CONVICTION REVIEW PROCESS FOR DECIDING PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIM BASED ON NEW FORENSIC DNA AND IMPEACHMENT EVIDENCE; IN LIGHT OF WHICH, NO REASONABLE JUROR WOULD LIKELY HAVE FOUND HIM GUILTY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT? II. DID THE STATE COURT VIOLATE THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE AND DONNELLY V. DECHRISTOFORO, 415 U.S. 637 (1974), BY PERMITTING THE GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY TO UNFAIRLY INFECT THE POST-CONVICTION HEARING PROCESS WITH MISCONDUCT INTENDED TO MISLEAD THE TRIER OF FACT AND PREJUDICE PETITIONER? III. DID THE STATE COURT VIOLATE THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE AND DYE V. HOFBAUER, 546 U.S. 1 (2005), BY ADOPTING AND RELYING UPON PERSONAL OPINIONS, FALSE FACTUAL STATEMENTS, AND MISSTATEMENTS OF EVIDENCE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTORNEY INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL CASE RECORD?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Knickerbocker

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 22 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
  3. Nov 12 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 12, 2026)