On April 17, 2025, I filed a Petition for Discretionary Review with the North Carolina Supreme Court under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-31, asking them to review multiple rulings by the Court of Appeals that denied my Writ of Prohibition, Motion for Sanctions, and Motion for En Banc Rehearing. The petition outlined how the Court of Appeals disregarded both its own precedent and statutory mandates by acting outside its jurisdiction, misapplying procedural rules, and allowing the trial court to violate the automatic stay under § 1-294. I identified several issues of public interest and structural importance—including what rule governs service of the proposed record in Odyssey counties, how substantial rights are defined for interlocutory appeals, and whether the appellate panel’s actions were void due to improper docketing under the writ instead of the appeal.
I also raised serious concerns about forum shopping by opposing counsel, who initially asked the Court of Appeals to rule on the timeliness of objections (which wasn’t within their jurisdiction), and then turned around and used that ruling in the trial court to justify a judicial settlement request that attempted to strike valid filings outside the scope of Rule 11(c). I framed this pattern as a threat to the uniform application of due process protections, particularly for pro se litigants who are often denied access to meaningful appellate review based on procedural technicalities. The petition asked the Court to clarify six specific legal questions and highlighted the urgent need to resolve these issues before the scheduled trial could further undermine my rights.