No. 25-950

Mark Hartman v. Dave Yost, Attorney General of Ohio

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-10
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: appellate-review certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause constitutional-error due-process sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Circuit imposed an improper Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard when denying review of a Confrontation Clause violation

Question Presented (from Petition)

is whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit imposed an improper and unduly burdensome Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard when it denied Petitioner a COA on his claim that the Confrontation Clause violation in his case was not subject to review for prejudice.

Docket Entries

2026-02-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 12, 2026)
2025-12-03
Application (25A642) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 6, 2026.
2025-11-25
Application (25A642) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 8, 2025 to February 6, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Mark Hartman
Shirley Adele ShankLaw Office of S. Adele Shank, Petitioner
Shirley Adele ShankLaw Office of S. Adele Shank, Petitioner