No. 25-1352October Term 2025Before Arguments
Deborah Kollman, as Executor of the Estate of Stephanie A. Smith, Petitioner v. Mercy Health-Clermont Hospital, LLC, et al.
from the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Clermont County.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Clermont County.
Question presented
1. When a case is timely filed in state court and then removed to federal court, does the tolling provision in § 1367(d) stop the clock on the limitations period for any state-law claims as of the time the plaintiff initially, and timely, filed the claim in state court? 2. Or, does the clock stop only once the claim is pending in federal court, even if removal to federal court is beyond the plaintiff’s control?
- Case path
Court of Appeals of Ohio, Clermont County / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Immigration
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
Briefing
What it's about
A petition asks the Supreme Court to take a case about Section 1367(d), a federal rule that can pause the clock on state-law claims, after a timely state-court case is removed to federal court. The dispute is whether that pause starts with the original state filing or only once the claims are actually pending in federal court.
Argument
No oral argument is scheduled. A petition for certiorari (the Court's decision to hear the case) has been filed, and no substantive justice or advocate reactions are available yet.
Impact
The answer could determine whether some state-law claims survive or expire after a case changes courts. That affects people who filed on time in state court but then had the case moved to federal court through a step they do not control.
What is the dispute in Kollman v. Mercy Health-Clermont Hospital?
It asks whether Section 1367(d) pauses the deadline when the case was first filed in state court or only after removal to federal court.
Who could be affected if the Court takes this case?
People who filed on time in state court could lose state-law claims if the clock kept running before removal placed claims in federal court.
What happens next in Kollman v. Mercy Health-Clermont Hospital?
The next step is whether the Supreme Court grants certiorari (agrees to hear the case) and later schedules oral argument.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary materials plus reporting.
- Note
- Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Jul 23, 2026
- Method
- Methodology