PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
September Term, 2023
Granted August 12, 2024
The issues presented on this page are for informational purposes and intended for a general audience. Unless otherwise indicated, the issues presented on this page are, with edits for brevity, as stated by the petitioner in the petition for writ of certiorari. The only issues listed here are those that the Supreme Court has selected for consideration from the issues presented by the petitioners and the Court will consider those issues as stated by the petitioners.
Sharon Saunders v. Steven Gilman, et al. – Case No. 20, September Term, 2024
Issues – Courts & Judicial Proceedings – 1) Did ACM err when it concluded that no exception to the final judgment rule applies and that it lacked appellate jurisdiction? 2) Does § 12-303(3)(v) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings article permit an immediate appeal from an order finding adverse possession of real property before a final judgment has been entered?
Granted August 27, 2024
Seamus Coyle v. State of Maryland – Case No. 21, September Term, 2024
Issues – Criminal Law – 1) When the Office of the Public Defender appointed counsel to Petitioner and approved of assigned counsel’s determination that a petition for writ of certiorari should be filed, was Petitioner entitled to the effective assistance of counsel in filing such a petition? 2) Must prejudice be presumed when, due to ineffective assistance of counsel, Petitioner was denied his right to file a petition for writ of certiorari and did the post-conviction court err in holding that he must establish that the petition would have been granted?
Canton Harbor Healthcare Center v. Felicia Robinson, et al. – Case No. 22, September Term, 2024
Issues – Tort – 1) Can a registered nurse be a “qualified expert” to attest “that the departure from standards of care is the proximate cause of the alleged injury” as required by Courts & Judicial Proceedings §3-2A-04(b)(1)(i), even though offering a medical diagnosis is outside the authorized scope of nursing practice in Maryland? 2) Can a registered nurse opine whether physicians wrongfully failed to prescribed medicines or undertake appropriate treatment plans? 3) Did ACM improperly rely on Federal regulations regarding Medicare/Medicaid funding of nursing facilities in determining the qualifications of a registered nurse to give a medical causation opinion?
State of Maryland, Comptroller of Maryland v. Badlia Brothers, LLC d/b/a Southwest Check Cashing – Case No. 23, September Term, 2024
Issues – State Government – Where the State has already satisfied its obligation to pay funds pursuant to a state-issued check, did the trial court err in concluding that the State has waived sovereign immunity against a claim by a holder in due course of that check who subsequently seeks to have the State pay that obligation a second time?
Denied/Dismissed August 29, 2024
Adams, Peter Eli v. State – Petition No. 134 *
Auguste v. Angel J. – Petition No. 129 *
Basil-Flippen v. Paramount Global – Petition No. 125 *
Bell, Donald v. State – Petition No. 141 *
Blake, James v. State – Petition No. 179 *
Canty, Dafon v. State – Petition No. 158 *
Chapel Ridge Comm. Ass’n v. Caspari – Petition No. 133 *
Coley v. Tischer Autopark – Petition No. 166 *
Coltrane v. 9500 Associates – Petition No. 114 *
Dundas, George v. State – Petition No. 172 *
Enow, Ndokley Peter v. State – Petition No. 154 *
Fuller v. Fuller – Petition No. 162 *
Guagliano v. Queenstown Premium Outlets – Petition No. 147 *
Hammock, Terrence v. State – Petition No. 142 *
Holder v. Estes – Petition No. 126 *
In the Matter of the Petition of Cochrane – Petition No. 164 *
Jackson v. Alexander – Petition No. 106 *
Jackson, Thomas E., Sr. v. State – Petition No. 135 *
Johnson v. Johnson – Petition No. 140 *
Knizhnik v. Knizhnik – Petition No. 121 *
Knizhnik v. Knizhnik – Petition No. 122 *
Lyons v. Barnes – Petition No. 96 *
Marshall v. Abbott – Petition No. 82 *
Miller v. R. Wendell Presgrave, Inc. – Petition No. 139 *
Mirabile v. Robinson – Petition No. 165 *
Mitchell v. Mitchell – Petition No. 124 *
Monroe v. Univ. of Md. Medical Center – Petition No. 146 *
Petition of Braxton v. Garner – Petition No. 127 *
Piechocki v. Md. Dept. of Health – Petition No. 171 *
Preston, Andre v. State – Petition No. 163 *
Prince, Edduard Germaine v. State – Petition No. 110 *
Prosper v. Ucheomumu – Petition No. 83 *
Prosper v. Ucheomumu – Petition No. 84 *
Rembold, Donald G. v. State – Petition No. 123 *
Ruiz v. Burgess – Petition No. 105 *
Savage, Drequan v. State – Petition No. 178 *
Sheth v. Horn – Petition No. 128 *
Snead v. Himelfarb Law – Petition No. 137 *
Solpietro v. Kim – Petition No. 120 *
State v. Davila-Cosme, Ralph Joelly – Petition No. 175 *
Tapia, Jose M. v. State – Petition No. 155 *
White v. Town of North Beach – Petition No. 159 *
Williams, Clayton Thomas v. State – Petition No. 153 *
Williamson, Damon v. State – Petition No. 173 *
Wright, William v. State – Petition No. 130 *
* September Term, 2024