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Hong Tang v. Kurt L. Schmoke, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-2308, 21-1243 · judgment August 5, 2021
Certiorari denied · June 27, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
- Whether in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 proceedings, when the lower court even specifically stated in the initial per curiam opinion and judgment that “[t]he court's dismissal of a plaintiffs case because the plaintiff lacks jurisdiction is not a determination of the merits and does not prevent the plaintiff from pursuing a claim in a court that does have proper jurisdiction or otherwise curing the jurisdictional defect”1, federal equitable tolling rather than borrowed Maryland state limitations and tolling rules should apply to the subsequently re-filed claim and lead to a different outcome of this case. 1 Tang u Univ. ofBaltimore, Case No. 19-1146 (4th Cir. 2019)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Hong Tang
For respondent
Lillian L. Reynolds
Maryland Office of the Attorney General
Proceedings
- Oct 03 2022Rehearing DENIED.
- Sep 07 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
- Jul 22 2022Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Jun 27 2022Petition DENIED.
- Jun 07 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
- May 25 2022Waiver of right of respondent Kurt L. Schmoke, et al. to respond filed.
- Feb 22 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2022)
- Dec 16 2021Application (21A239) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 24, 2022.
- Dec 14 2021Application (21A239) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 26, 2021 to February 24, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.