No. 24-275October Term 2024Decided Jun 12, 2025
Donte Parrish, Petitioner v. United States
The Supreme Court held that a litigant who files a notice of appeal after the original deadline but before a court formally grants a request to reopen the appeal period does not need to file a second notice, as the premature notice relates forward to the date of reopening.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Jun 12, 2025
- What it's about
The Supreme Court held that a litigant who files a notice of appeal after the original deadline but before a court formally grants a request to reopen the appeal period does not need to file a second notice, as the premature notice relates forward to the date of reopening.
Question presented
Must a party who files a notice of appeal during the period between when their original appeal deadline expired and when the court reopens their time to appeal file a second notice after the reopening is granted?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit / Decision released Jun 12, 2025
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Decided Supreme Court case
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- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 31, 2026
- Method
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Primary materials8
Supreme Court docket 24-275
docket | Mar 31, 2026
Primary case document
Supreme Court document | Mar 31, 2026
CourtListener docket record
docket | Mar 31, 2026
Questions Presented
brief | Mar 31, 2026
Parrish
opinion | Jun 12, 2025
opinion
opinion | Jun 12, 2025
Oral Arguments - Parrish
audio | Apr 21, 2025
Petition
brief | Sep 9, 2024