No. 25-1332October Term 2025Petition PendingUpdated Sep 2, 2026
Larry Steven Wilkins v. United States
Larry Steven Wilkins asks the Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling involving his quiet-title claim against the United States under the Quiet Title Act.
Case status
- Current stage
- Petition Pending
- Latest event
- Petition pending
- Next
- Awaiting an order on the petitionNo decision timeline until the Court agrees to hear the case.
- What it's about
Larry Steven Wilkins asks the Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling involving his quiet-title claim against the United States under the Quiet Title Act. The petition argues that, after the Court’s 2023 decision that the Act’s filing deadline is not jurisdictional, the Ninth Circuit wrongly treated earlier rulings as controlling and measured the claim’s accrual from private citizens’ actions rather than actions by federal officials.
Question presented
1. Does the law of the case doctrine apply when this Court reverses a lower court’s judgment? 2. Does a property owner’s quiet title claim under the Quiet Title Act accrue based on the illegal and unauthorized actions of private citizens, rather than the actions of government officials?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Petition pending
- Area
Petition for review pending
Briefing
What it's about
Larry Steven Wilkins asks whether an earlier Supreme Court reversal controls later proceedings in the same case. He also questions whether a property owner's Quiet Title Act claim can begin to expire because of private citizens' actions rather than federal officials' actions.
Argument
The petition is pending, and oral argument has not been scheduled.
Impact
The case could affect property owners challenging the federal government's claimed interest in land. For example, it could shape when an owner must file a claim after actions involving a road or other use of property.
What's next
Watch for the Court to grant or deny certiorari (its decision whether to hear the case), or for another scheduling order. No decision window is available yet.
What is at stake in Wilkins v. United States?
The case concerns when a landowner's Quiet Title Act claim can expire and whether a prior Supreme Court reversal controls later proceedings.
Who could be affected by the Wilkins case?
Property owners who challenge a federal claim to land could be affected. The case may clarify when they must bring those claims.
What happens next in Wilkins v. United States?
The Court will decide whether to hear the petition. Oral argument has not been scheduled, and no decision window is available.
Documents
Activity
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Sep 2, 2026 | Generated
Brief added: Petition
May 27, 2026 | Court records
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- Sep 2, 2026
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