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Douglas Dean Scyphers v. Washington

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, No. 41141-9-III · judgment May 15, 2025


Certiorari denied · May 26, 2026

Questions presented

  1. . Does evidence qualify as newly discovered and material under federal standards when a defendant discovers evidence post-trial - including statements from the issuing judge that he did not sign or authorize a search warrant/ that no original warrant exists/ and no application was filed - corroborated by court records/ requiring invalidation of the warrant/ suppression/ reversal of convictions/ and void all further proceedings after the warrant ?

  2. . Does a search warrant bearing only a facsimile signature of a judge/ without evidence of actual authorization or an original document/ satisfy the , Fourth Amendment's requirement for issuance by a neutral magistartez particularly where the judge later disavows it ?

  3. . May a defendant reasonably rely on the facial validity of a search warrant bearing a judge's facsimile signature/ issued by. a Judicial Officer/ . without pre-trial investigation into its authenticity/ where no basis for doubt existed until post-trial revelations ?

  4. . Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause require suppression of evidence and reversal of convictions where post-trial evidence reveals that state actors may have fabricated a search SCYPHERS, Writ iii

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Douglas Dean Scyphers

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jul 20 2026
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jun 24 2026
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jun 04 2026
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. May 26 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  5. May 06 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2026.
  6. Dec 09 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 23, 2026)