Should a pro se petitioner reasonably expect that a state court at the county level follow precedent as a part of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, if all criteria for said relief detailed in applicable statutes and/or rules of court have been met?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED (Rule 14.1(a)) 1. Should a pro se petitioner reasonably expect that a state court at the county level follow precedent as a part of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, if all criteria for said relief detailed in applicable statutes and/or rules of court have been met? 2. Is the Fourteenth Amendment’s “equal protection” clause applicable to state statutes and/or rules of court regulating following the statutes and precedent of higher state court decisions, when said rules make it plain that a lower state court is to be bound by the decisions of the state court of appeals and/or the state supreme court? i