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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


Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 26 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  3. Feb 25 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Jeff Tanner, Warden to respond filed.
  4. Sep 30 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2026)