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Eugene Dingle v. Leslie Armstrong, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Dorchester County Family Court, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-2080 · judgment March 3, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal courts from reviewing state family court decisions where the petitioner alleges egregious violations of constitutional rights, and circuits are split on whether such claims may proceed.

  2. Whether due process and equal protection require meaningful notice and an opportunity to be heard before deprivation of fundamental parental rights and imposition of support orders, where circuit authority is divided and lower courts inconsistently apply controlling precedent.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Eugene Dingle

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 30 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jun 12 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 16, 2025)