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Quintin Washington v. Jeff Tanner, Warden
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 25-1164 · judgment July 18, 2025
Question presented
I. WHEN A COURT LACKS SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION, PROCEEDINGS ARE VOID AB INITIO. ARE THE CONVICTIONS/SENTENCES AGAINST MR. WASHINGTON VOID BECAUSE THE ONE-MAN GRAND JURY STATUTES DO NOT AUTHORIZE A JUDGE TO INITIATE CHARGES BY ISSUING INDICTMENTS, WHICH OCCURRED IN MR. WASHINGTON'S CASE? US CONST, AMS V, VI, XIV; MICH. CONST, 1963, ART 1, §§ 17, 20. II. DID THE MICHIGAN STATE COURTS CLEARLY ERRED BY NOT GANTING PETITIONER SINGLE ISSUE REGARDING THE ONE-MAN GRAND JURY? WHEN THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURTS RULING IN PEOPLE V PEELER, 509 MICH. 381 (2022) CLEARLY SHOWED THAT THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO ISSUE AN INDICTMENT. BY NOT PROVIDING HIM WITH A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PURSUANT TO M.C.L.A. 767.4. WHICH IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF HIS FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW? US CONST, AMS VI, XIV: CONST, 1963, ART. 1, §20.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Quintin Washington
For respondent
Ann Maurine Sherman
Michigan Department of Attorney General
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, March 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Feb 25 2026Waiver of right of respondent Jeff Tanner, Warden to respond filed.
- Sep 30 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2026)