No. 25-7558October Term 2025Before Arguments
In Re Linda Annette Kpaka, Petitioner
This pending petition appears to challenge a state court’s power to issue and enforce an order against Linda Annette Kpaka.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
This pending petition appears to challenge a state court’s power to issue and enforce an order against Linda Annette Kpaka. The case centers on the scope of a state court’s authority and its ability to carry out its own rulings.
Question presented
1. Whether a state court may enter and enforce an eviction judgement where the landlord lacked legal authority under state and federal housing regulations, where the judgement was obtained in violation of federal due-process rights, where the state received and administered federal EARP funds subject to federal statutes providing appropriate use of federal COVID-1 9 funds and related tenant deaths such that relief under all WRITS ACT is necessary to protect this court ’ s jurisdiction. 2. Whether a state court may enter and enforce an eviction judgement against Black Indigenous residents where the landlord lacked legal authority, where the judgement was obtained in violation of federal due-process and equal-protections rights, where the state courts actions disproportionately harmed black indigenous residents including two deaths and multiple injuries and where the judgement obstructs the petitioner ’ s ability to pursue federal investigations into misuse of federal funds such that relief under the ALL Writs Act is necessary to protect this?
- 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.
Briefing
What it's about
This pending petition asks whether a state court has the power to enter and enforce an order against Linda Annette Kpaka. More broadly, it raises a dispute over how far a state court's own authority extends.
Argument
The petition is pending, and oral argument has not been scheduled. No substantive justice or advocate reactions are available yet.
Impact
If the Court takes the case, its answer could affect people subject to state-court orders and the judges who enforce them. For example, it could shape whether a state judge can carry out a disputed order against a person in court.
What is In Re Linda Annette Kpaka about?
The petition challenges a state court's claimed power to issue and enforce an order against Linda Annette Kpaka. It asks how far a state court's authority reaches when it carries out its own rulings.
What is at stake in Kpaka?
People subject to state-court orders and the judges enforcing them could be affected. The case could shape how much power a state court has to make its orders effective.
When could the Supreme Court act in Kpaka?
There is no decision window yet, and oral argument has not been scheduled. Watch for a scheduling move from the Court, including possible 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 24, 2026
- Method
- Methodology