Appeals dismissed without warning
Houssam Eddine Hamrit v. Citigroup Global Markets
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Hamrit asks the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit’s dismissal as frivolous of his appeal from a final judgment dismissing his case.
- What's at stake
- The Second Circuit’s dismissal remains in place for Hamrit, and the Supreme Court has not ruled on his challenge.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
He argues the appeals court acted without notice or briefing while ruling on a motion aimed only at a different, nonfinal part of the appeal; the Supreme Court has sent his petition to a conference but has not agreed to hear it.
Hamrit’s appeal came from a final judgment dismissing his case under Rule 41(b); his Supreme Court petition concerns how the Second Circuit handled that appeal.
Question presented
Whether a court of appeals abuses its discretion and departs from the accepted course of judicial proceedings when it sua sponte and summarily dismisses an appeal from a final Rule 41(b) judgment as frivolous — without notice, before merits briefing, and while ruling on a motion that sought dismissal of only a different, interlocutory portion of the appeal.
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court’s Dec. 4, 2026 conference, where the justices may consider whether to hear it. Distribution does not mean review has been granted or guarantee an order date.
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