Key legal question
Whether the cantonal president could decide the nullity appeal alone under cantonal procedure.
Extracted holding
Yes. The Federal Supreme Court held that the complaint was either insufficiently motivated or unfounded, and that the applicant failed to show arbitrariness in the interpretation of the cantonal rule allowing a single presiding judge to decide manifestly unfounded requests.
Extracted reasoning
The court reviewed cantonal procedural law only for arbitrariness. The applicant did not demonstrate why the term 'request' in the relevant rule could not encompass a nullity appeal, nor why the president's interpretation was untenable.