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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


Certiorari denied · January 12, 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 Rosin’s involuntary transfer was: 1) an administrative transfer, or 2) a punitive/disciplinary demotion?

  2. 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?

  3. 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?

  4. 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

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 16 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Dec 15 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Kimberly Hill to respond filed.
  4. Nov 29 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2026)