No. 23-7084

Gregory S. Kudla v. Kenneth Black, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure arbitrary-enforcement constitutional-vagueness discriminatory-enforcement due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment vagueness
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-04-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is the undefined/ non-specific/ ambiguous language used in
Ohio's App.R.26(B) (2) .(c) that results in arbitrary/ incon sistent/ and discriminatory enforcement unconstitutionally
vague in violation of a defendant's right to Due Process
under the Fourteenth Amendment and effective assistance of
counsel as a first appeal of right as guaranteed by the1.
Sixth Amendment?

Does the persistent misrepresentation Of the facts/ actual
arguments presented/ and proper standard of review to be
used in a petitioner's actual innocence claim as a gateway
to defaulted claims violate their Due Prodess rights under
the Fourteenth Amendment?2.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the undefined, non-specific, ambiguous language used in Ohio's App-R.26(B)(2)(c) that results in arbitrary, inconsistent, and discriminatory enforcement unconstitutionally vague in violation of a defendant's right to Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment and effective assistance of counsel as a first appeal of right as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2024-04-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
2024-04-01
Waiver of right of respondent Kenneth Black to respond filed.
2024-02-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 26, 2024)

Attorneys

Gregory Kudla
Gregory S. Kudla — Petitioner
Kenneth Black
Michael Jason HendershotOhio Attorney General's Office, Respondent