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Daniel Otu v. Anita Whyte-Otu

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Georgia, No. A25D0162 · judgment January 2, 2025


Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

l. Does a court of law violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause when the issuance of a permanent protective order relies on the Petitioner's violation of conditions and terms from a prior temporary protective judicial order that is effectively facially unenforceable, void, invalid, and legally inoperative?

  1. Whether federal firearm prohibitions under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) constitutionally apply— consistent with the Second Amendment as interpreted in United States v. Rahimi—when the underlying permanent protective order was predicated on an alleged violation of terms and conditions of unenforceable, void, and invalid prior TPO judicial order and was not lawfully and constitutionally issued?

  2. Does a_ state court violate’ the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause when it summarily denies a motion to dismiss a permanent protective order within three days—which restricts permanent freedom rights, parental rights and triggers federal firearm prohibitions—without granting a hearing, considering newly discovered evidence, or providing findings of fact and conclusions of law to support its decision?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daniel Otu

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 04 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  3. Sep 18 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 20, 2026)