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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
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weights this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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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.
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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
Lindsay Drennan
Thompson & Horton, LLP
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
- Oct 05 2026Waiver of right of respondent Collin College to respond filed.
- Jun 16 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2026)