No. 25-6758

Quintin Washington v. Jeff Tanner, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-09
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process grand-jury indictment judicial-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. WHEN A COURT LACKS SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION, PROCEEDINGS ARE VOID AB INITIO. ARE THE CONVICTIONS/SENTENCES AGAINST MR. WASHINGTON VOID BECAUSE THE ONE-MAN GRAND JURY STATUTES DO NOT AUTHORIZE A JUDGE TO INITIATE CHARGES BY ISSUING INDICTMENTS, WHICH OCCURRED IN MR. WASHINGTON'S CASE? US CONST, AMS V, VI, XIV; MICH. CONST, 1963, ART 1, §§ 17, 20.

II. DID THE MICHIGAN STATE COURTS CLEARLY ERRED BY NOT GANTING PETITIONER SINGLE ISSUE REGARDING THE ONE-MAN GRAND JURY? WHEN THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURTS RULING IN PEOPLE V PEELER, 509 MICH. 381 (2022) CLEARLY SHOWED THAT THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO ISSUE AN INDICTMENT. BY NOT PROVIDING HIM WITH A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PURSUANT TO M.C.L.A. 767.4. WHICH IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF HIS FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW? US CONST, AMS VI, XIV: CONST, 1963, ART. 1, §20.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a one-man grand jury lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to issue an indictment when a judge initiates charges without statutory authorization

Docket Entries

2026-02-25
Waiver of right of respondent Jeff Tanner, Warden to respond filed.
2025-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2026)

Attorneys

Jeff Tanner, Warden
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Quintin Washington
Quintin Washington — Petitioner