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Ernst Theodore Tenemille v. Town of Ramapo, New York, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 22-1715 · judgment September 15, 2025


0%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
GVR risk 0%

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

Question presented

Whether a federal court may dismiss federal consti­ tutional claims at the pleading stage by treating find­ ings or conclusions drawn from prior state discipli­ nary or Article 78 proceedings as dispositive, without determining whether those proceedings afforded a full and fair opportunity to litigate the federal constitu­ tional issues, and without permitting factual develop­ ment.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ernst T. Tenemille

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 05 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Jan 31 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 16, 2026)