No. 25-6016

Todd White v. ACell, Inc.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split due-process false-claims-act fifth-amendment summary-judgment
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit violated Petitioner's Fifth Amendment right to due process by denying his motion to amend his informal opening brief, thereby foreclosing appellate review of substantial legal and factual issues, in contravention of this Court's holding in Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178 (1962).

2. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment on Petitioner's Maryland False Claims Act (MFCA) retaliation claim, where state and federal courts interpret the MFCA and federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h), in pari materia, and whether the decision creates a circuit split by departing from Simmons v. United States, 279 F.2d 345 (4th Cir. 1960), and Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, 601 U.S. _(2024).

3. Whether the trial court's exclusion of critical evidence and issuance of flawed jury instructions deprived Petitioner of a fair trial under the Due Process Clause, where evidentiary and instructional errors cumulatively undermined Petitioner's statutory protections under the FCA and violated clearly established standards set forth in Sanjour v. EPA, 56 F.3d 85 (D.C. Cir. 1995), and Grant v. United Airlines, Inc., 73 F.4th 138 (4th Cir. 2023).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Circuit violated due process by denying a motion to amend an informal opening brief and erred in affirming summary judgment on a False Claims Act retaliation claim

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-05
Waiver of right of respondent ACell, Inc. to respond filed.
2025-03-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2025)
2025-01-24
Application (24A719) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 15, 2025.
2025-01-10
Application (24A719) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 14, 2025 to March 15, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

ACell, Inc.
Dylan Bradley CarpJackson Lewis P.C., Respondent
Todd White
Todd White — Petitioner