No. 19-1140October Term 2019Decided May 26, 2020
In re Perkins
This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court by a party named Perkins.
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- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 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
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Decided Supreme Court case
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- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
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