If a state supreme court ruled against you or refused to hear your case and your federal constitutional rights have been impacted, you can ask the United States Supreme Court to consider your case. If you lost a civil appeal in federal court, you can ask the United States Supreme Court to consider your case. If you lost the appeal of a criminal conviction in federal court, you can ask the United States Supreme Court to consider your case. If you won a civil or criminal appeal in state or federal court, the other party may be able to ask the United States Supreme Court to consider your case. However, of all the many cases that are filed every year in the United States Supreme Court, it only decides less than 100 cases a year.
Because the United States Supreme Court does not decide most cases filed at that court, there are a number of questions you may have before asking the United States Supreme Court to consider your case. How much will it cost to ask the United States Supreme Court to hear your case? How does the United States Supreme Court decide which cases to hear? How long will it take the United States Supreme Court to decide if it will consider your case? If the United States Supreme Court decides to consider your case, what happens next?
Asking the United States Supreme Court to consider your case is a serious matter. Someone with experience seeking review from the United States Supreme Court can help you consider whether it is worth the time and expense of seeking such review. Lee has helped clients seek review before the United States Supreme Court. Call today if you are thinking about asking the United States Supreme Court to review your case.