In re Randall

Randall asked the Supreme Court to order the federal court in South Carolina and the Fourth Circuit to rule on motions and appeals he said had been pending too long. The Supreme Court declined to take up that request, so it did not decide whether the lower courts had wrongly failed to act.

That meant Randall did not get a Supreme Court order pushing the lower courts to act. For other people facing delays, it shows the justices did not use this case to step into a lower-court timing dispute.

This Supreme Court docket is over. Any further action would have to happen in the lower courts, if Randall still had related matters pending there.

He asked the justices to order the South Carolina federal court and the Fourth Circuit to rule on filings he said were delayed. He sought mandamus, an extraordinary order directing a court to act.

No. The justices did not step in, so Randall had no Supreme Court order forcing a faster lower-court decision. The lower courts stayed responsible for any remaining cases.

Nothing further is expected in this Supreme Court docket. Any next move would come in the lower courts, if related proceedings were still open.