Whether the state of Kentucky violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by enforcing an illegal tax lien, depriving the petitioner of property without a fair hearing and meaningful opportunity to contest the action

1. Whether the state of Kentucky violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by enforcing an illegal tax lien, depriving the petitioner of property without a fair hearing and meaningful opportunity to contest the action. 2. Whether the procedural defects, including a court officer signing a summons in place of the defendant, render the resulting judgment unconstitutional under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. 3. Whether the use of a Master Commissioner to conduct judicial functions, despite lacking proper judi cial authority, violates the petitioner ’s fundamental rights under the U.S. Constitution. 4. Whether the denial of discovery deprived the petitioner of a meaningful opportunity to develop the record and contest the foreclosure proceedings, in vio lation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.