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Parrish v. United States

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24-275 4th Cir. Apr 21, 2025 Jun 12, 2025 8-1 Sotomayor OT 2024

Holding: A litigant who files a notice of appeal after the original appeal deadline but before the federal court grants reopening under 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a)-(b) need not file a second notice after reopening, because the original notice relates forward to the date reopening is granted.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on June 12, 2025. Justice Gorsuch filed a dissenting opinion.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/09/2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2024)
10/10/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 15, 2024 to November 14, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
10/11/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 14, 2024.
11/14/2024Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
12/04/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
12/04/2024Reply of petitioner Donte Parrish filed. (Distributed)
01/13/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
01/17/2025Petition GRANTED.
01/28/2025Michael R. Huston, Esquire, of Washington, D. C., is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.
02/10/2025Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Donte Parrish.
02/24/2025Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
02/24/2025SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 21, 2025.
02/25/2025Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
02/26/2025Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
02/26/2025Brief of respondent United States in support of petitioner filed.
02/26/2025Brief of petitioner Donte Parrish filed.
03/05/2025Brief amicus curiae of University of Illinois Chicago School of Law - Pro Bono Litigation Clinic filed.
03/05/2025Brief amici curiae of Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, et al. filed.
03/05/2025Brief amicus curiae of Bryan Lammon filed.
03/05/2025Brief amici curiae of Center for Constitutional Rights, et al. filed.
03/10/2025Sealed material received from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and available with the Clerk (one envelope). The remainder of the record is available on PACER.
03/19/2025CIRCULATED
03/20/2025Motion for divided argument filed by the Acting Solicitor General.
03/28/2025Brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed. (Distributed)
04/07/2025Motion for divided argument filed by the Acting Solicitor General GRANTED.
04/11/2025Reply of respondent United States in support of petitioner filed. (Distributed)
04/11/2025Reply of petitioner Donte Parrish filed. (Distributed)
04/21/2025Argued. For petitioner: Amanda Rice, Detroit, Mich. For respondent in support of petitioner: Aimee Brown, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of judgment below: Michael R. Huston, Phoenix, Ariz.
06/12/2025Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion.