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Karl Linard Malloy v. Kristin E. Schelin, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 25-1067 · judgment December 1, 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.
Question presented
Whether a district court may dismiss as moot an appeal from a bankruptcy court’s denial of a stay pending appeal when the bankruptcy court’s underlying order both remanded state-court litigation and modified the automatic stay to permit that litigation to proceed to final judgment. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Karl Linard Malloy
For respondent
E. Duffy Myrtetus
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 22 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
- May 28 2026Waiver of right of respondent Kristin E. Schelin, et al. to respond filed.
- Mar 30 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2026)