After waiting more than two weeks, the Fourth Circuit issued another one sentence order denying my motion, with no opinion, no legal analysis, and no judicial signature, instead having the clerk reframe my filing as a motion for reconsideration and reject it without addressing the factual errors or the authority I cited. I don’t even know if a judge saw or reviewed it.
At that point, my only options were to return to the district court, where nothing had moved and the same obstruction remained in place, or to file a petition with the Supreme Court based on a record that was factually incorrect and misrepresented my filings. I opted for the later.