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Timothy Rosin v. Kimberly Hill
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-2025 · judgment September 2, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether Rosin’s involuntary transfer was: 1) an administrative transfer, or 2) a punitive/disciplinary demotion?
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Whether a certified public-school principal possesses a constitutionally protected property interest in his professional rank and salary, in light of Maryland Education Article § 6-202, such that a punitive/disciplinary demotion—reducing title, authority, and compensation—without written notice violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause?
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Whether a local school board’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which does not expressly require written notice, can supersede a clear and controlling State statute — specifically Maryland Educational Article § 6-202 — which mandates written notice?
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Whether a superintendent can demote a certified public-school principal having only provided vague, conclusory, and subjective rationales—such as “failure to evolve”—without specific charges or factual explanation, in contravention of Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532 (1985)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Timothy Rosin
For respondent
Andrew George Scott
Pessin Katz Law, P.A.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 16 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 15 2025Waiver of right of respondent Kimberly Hill to respond filed.
- Nov 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2026)