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Gene Shroyer v. David Tuck

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Georgia, No. A26A0418 · judgment September 23, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 13, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits enforcement of a foreign judgment through a domestication proceeding where the judgment debtor was misidentified in initiating filings, court-indexing materials, service-related documents, and judgment­ enforcement documents, and where those defects allegedly prevented constitutionally adequate notice and a meaningful opportunity to object before enforcement.

  2. Whether a State may enforce a foreign judgment under the Full Faith and Credit Clause when substantial constitutional defects are alleged in the enforcing State's own domestication proceeding, including improper service, lack of notice, misidentification of the judgment debtor, and denial of a meaningful opportunity to be heard before the foreign judgment is converted into an enforceable state judgment.

  3. Whether due process is satisfied where a pro se litigant suffering documented neurological impairments, including cognitive and communication limitations following a stroke, lacks a meaningful opportunity to understand, participate in, and defend against proceedings resulting in substantial monetary liability and judgment-enforcement measures.

  4. Whether principles of judicial estoppel, due process, and fundamental fairness permit enforcement of a judgment where the judgment creditor successfully advanced materially inconsistent positions concerning his status as an employee in one judicial proceeding and an owner or prospective owner in a subsequent judicial proceeding involving the same business relationship.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gene Shroyer

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 13, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 13 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 16 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2026.
  3. Jun 29 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2026)