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No. 19-1140October Term 2019Decided May 26, 2020

Docket 19-1140October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

In re Perkins

This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court by a party named Perkins.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released May 26, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 26, 2020
What it's about

This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court by a party named Perkins. The specific legal issues and facts of the case are not detailed in the available records.

Question presented

Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Case No. 19-2342, has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower court, as to call for an exercise of this Court’s supervisory power, by failing to rule on Petitioner’s “Emergency Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal” and “Motion for an Injunction Pending Appeal” filed on December 10, 2019, and December 11, 2019, respectively.

Case path

Decision released May 26, 2020

Area

Decided Supreme Court case

Grounding

Grounding
Primary-source trail available.
Note
Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
Checked
Apr 6, 2026
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