No. 25-7510October Term 2025Before Arguments
In Re Chad M. Vice, Petitioner
This petition asks the Supreme Court to review an Eighth Circuit decision denying Chad M.
Case status
- Current stage
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- Accepted by the Court
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- What it's about
This petition asks the Supreme Court to review an Eighth Circuit decision denying Chad M. Vice a certificate of appealability in a post-conviction case, along with the court’s handling of a later Rule 60(b) motion. Vice argues that he was not properly served with notice of the denial and that he was entitled to have his post-judgment motion heard on the merits.
Question presented
1. WHETHER VICE is CONSTITUTIONALLY ENTITLED to be SERVED NOTICE of JUDGMENT in DENIAL of CERTIFICATE of APPEALABILITY. 2. WHETHER VICE is CONSTITUTIONALLY ENTITLED to be HEARD on the MERITS of a 60 (b) MOTION in SUBSTANTIVE SPIRIT of a COMMON LAW BILL of REVIEW to the INFERIOR 8th CIRCUIT COURT of APPEALS. 3. WHETHER this UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT has JURISDICITONAL AUTHORITY to REVIEW the 8th CIRCUIT COURT of APPEALS JUDGMENT of DENIAL of CERTIFICATE of APPEALABILITY, VACATE said JUDGMENT for NON-SERVICE, and to then DIRECT an APPROPRIATE JUDGMENT by GRANTING CERTIFICATE of APPEALABILITY. 4. WHETHER this UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT has JURISDICITONAL AUTHORUTY to DIRECT an APPROPRIATE JUGEMENT in APROPOS VICE’S INFORMAL APPEAL BRIEF [ad rem] RELIEF SOUGHT therein.
- Case path
Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
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.
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- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
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