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
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
Timing
Decided June 12, 2025
The Court released its decision 52 days after oral argument on April 21, 2025. The median for cases argued in April is 58 days.
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- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 31, 2026
- Method
- Methodology
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