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Salissou Karim-Seidou v. CMA CGM (America) LLC, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 25-1005 · judgment September 4, 2025


Certiorari denied · June 22, 2026
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, when denying a Litigant leave to amend a complaint a district court must provide a reason for that denial as held by the third, Seven, Ninth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits or whether a district court need not provide justifying reasons when denying a pro se Litigant leave to amend the complaint if that reason is apparent from an analysis of the record (as held by the First, Fourth, and Tenth Circuits) Is this a violation of due process?

  2. Whether the Lower Court abused its discretion when departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings by dismissing the complaint “with prejudice” denying leave to amend under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) where the deficiencies were curable and no prejudice to the opposing party was shown? Rule 15(a)(2) “Leave shall be freely given”?

  3. Whether the Third Circuit “overlooked or departed” from its own accepted and usual Judicial proceedings Rules by affirming the district court denial. Whether a complaint is subject to dismissal under Rule 12 where the dismissal order fails to allow plaintiffs, (Pro Se) any chance to amend the dismissed claims to conform to pleading standards?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Salissou Karim-Seidou

For respondent
Eugene James McDonald
The Law Firm of Eugene J. McDonald

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 22 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 02 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
  3. May 13 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Troy Container Line LTD to respond filed.
  4. Apr 10 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2026)