No. 21-1174

James G. Sweet v. Thornton Mellon, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Maryland
Docketed: 2022-02-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process estates nail-and-mail personal-representative service-of-process summons-and-complaint
Latest Conference: 2022-04-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does service of a complaint on a deceased homeowner by publication and "nail and mail" at the decedent's former home provided due process under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution to the personal representative of the deceased's estate?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether purported service of a summons and complaint on a deceased homeowner by publication and 'nail and mail' at the decedent's former home provided due process under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution to the personal representative of the deceased's estate?

Docket Entries

2022-05-02
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
2022-02-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 28, 2022)

Attorneys

James G. Sweet
John J. BeinsBeins Goldberg LLP, Petitioner