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Nelda Fink v. Pevco Systems International, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · Appellate Court of Maryland, No. 28, September Term 2025 · judgment January 2, 2026
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
What adjudicative safeguards are required by the Due Process Clause before a state court may perma nently extinguish protected state-law causes of action at the pleading stage after proposed amendments di rected at curing the identified deficiencies have been submitted?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Nelda Fink
For respondent
Kari Gallagher
Ecclesron & Wolf, P.C.
Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 27 2026Waiver of right of respondent Lauren Upron to respond filed.
- Aug 26 2026Waiver of right of respondent Pevco Systems International, Inc. to respond filed.
- Jul 22 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 27, 2026)