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Patsy Talley v. Dale R. Folwell, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-1215 · judgment April 4, 2025


Certiorari denied · November 17, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in a published opinion has ignored decades of law establishing the right to pre-deprivation due process in all but the most emergent circumstances allowing the North Carolina State Treasurer to deprive Petitioner and others similarly situated overpaid through no fault of their own to be deprived of property without any procedural due process while opining cavalierly “there is no such thing as a free lunch.”

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Valerie L. Bateman
New South Law Firm

For respondent
Olga Eugenia Vysotskaya de Brito
North Carolina Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 17 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 29 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
  3. Sep 17 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Dale Folwell to respond filed.
  4. Aug 18 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2025)