No. 24-978

Kristopher Paul Hochendoner v. Michael J. King, Executor of the Estate of James E. King

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2025-03-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: default-notice due-process fourteenth-amendment property-rights sheriff-sale subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by failing to set aside a sheriff's sale due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction for improper default notice

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. WHETHER THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA VIOLATED THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION WHEN IT FAILED TO SET ASIDE THE SHERIFF’S SALE OF THE PETITIONER’S PROPERTY FOR A LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION FOR FAILURE TO PROPERLY PLEAD SENDING OF A NOTICE OF DEFAULT?

Docket Entries

2025-05-19
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
2024-12-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 11, 2025)

Attorneys

Kristopher Hochendoner
Michael Stephen GeislerMichael S. Geisler, Attorney-at-Law, Petitioner