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Dana F. Young v. Collin College

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-40433 · judgment February 12, 2026


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

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether the court of appeals misapplied Fed­ eral Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(2) and this Court’s decision in FirsTier Mortgage Co. v. Investors Mortgage Insurance Co., 498 U. S. 269 (1991), by char­ acterizing the district court’s memorandum as “clearly interlocutory” rather than determining whether it was a decision that would be appealable if immedi­ ately followed by the entry of judgment.

  2. Whether a district court memorandum accom­ panied by a same-day case-closure notice and later fol­ lowed by entry of Rule 58 judgment may reasonably be understood as dispositive for purposes of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(2) and 28 U. S. C. §1291.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dana F. Young

For respondent

Case

Conference history

Proceedings

  1. Jun 16 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2026)