No. 24-1212

Kenneth Burnham v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2025-05-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: affidavit-of-service constitutional-rights due-process legal-procedure michigan-courts personal-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess Takings Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Petitioner's constitutional right to due process was violated when the Michigan Courts relied on a fraudulent Affidavit of Service to establish personal jurisdiction

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether Petitioner’s constitutional right to due process was violated when the Michigan Courts relied for six (6) years on a fraudulent Affidavit of Service to establish personal jurisdiction under MCR 2.105(A). 2. Whether Petitioner’s constitutional right to due process was violated when the Michigan Courts failed to conduct an evidentiary hearing on a fraudulent Affidavit of Service. ii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS Supreme Court of Michigan No. 167880 Kenneth Burnham, v. State of Michigan, Defendant-Appellee. Date of Final Order: February 28, 2025 _ Court of Appeals for the State of Michigan No. 370434 Kenneth Burnham, v. State of Michigan, Defendant-Appellee. Date of Final Order: November 4, 2024 _ Court of Claims of the State of Michigan No. 23-055-MZ Kenneth Burnham, Plaintiff, v. State of Michigan, Defendant. Date of Final Opinion and Order: October 10, 2023

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-02
Waiver of right of respondent State of Michigan to respond filed.
2025-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 30, 2025)

Attorneys

Kenneth Burnham
Harold Emmett Lucas Jr.Lucas & Nowak LLP, Petitioner
State of Michigan
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent