March 6, 2026: Updated Relist Analysis
The Court had a private conference today. A quick docket search indicates a total of 92 petitions were distributed for that conference (52 on the regular docket and 40 on the IFP docket). So this seems to mean that 92 is the maximum number of petitions the Court could dispose of in the order list we know it will issue next Monday. As has been the case for some time now, the most-relisted petition remains Smith v. Scott , No. 24-1099. It was relisted for the 14th time on March 2, this past Monday. In a close second is the same petition that has been in second place for some time now (including when I made my last post ): Reed v. Goertz , No. 24-1268. It was relisted for the 13th time on March 2. No other pending petition has been relisted more than 10 times. In third place, it's a four-way tie between the following petitions, each of which has been relisted 8 times, most recently on Monday for the conference that happened today: Foote v. Ludlow School Committee , No. 25-77. Lower co...