Whether Article III permits a federal court to impose a sua sponte dismissal with prejudice carrying a claim preclusive, merits level finality when no defendant has moved to dismiss the operative complaint, the court has conducted no adversarial testing, petitioner has Article III standing, and the dismissal is entered without notice and without identifying claim specific deficiencies to be cured in amendment.

Whether Article III permits a federal court to impose a sua sponte dismissal with prejudice carrying claim preclusive, merits level finality when no defendant has moved to dismiss the operative complaint, the court has conducted no adversarial testing, petitioner has Article III standing, and the dismissal is entered without notice and without identifying claim specific deficiencies to be cured in amendment