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No. 26-8
 
Title: Kimberly Ann Polk, Petitioner
v.
Montgomery County Public Schools, et al.
Docketed: July 1, 2026
Linked with: 25A949
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (25-1136)
   Decision Date: January 28, 2026
 
Proceedings and Orders
Feb 23 2026 Application (25A949) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 28, 2026 to May 28, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
Feb 26 2026 Application (25A949) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until May 28, 2026.
May 20 2026 Application (25A949) to extend further the time from May 28, 2026 to June 27, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Written Request Proof of Service
May 21 2026 Application (25A949) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 27, 2026.
Jun 26 2026 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2026)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 13 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 31, 2026 to September 29, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Jul 17 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 29, 2026.
Jul 23 2026 Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.
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Jul 29 2026 Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed.
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Jul 29 2026 Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed.
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Jul 30 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Justice Institute filed.
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Jul 30 2026 Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for Jewish Values filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Robertson Center for Constitutional Law filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Liberty Justice Center’s Parents Initiative filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amici curiae of Elizabeth Mirabelli, et al. filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amici curiae of Christian Educators Association International, et al. filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Center For American Liberty filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amici curiae of First Liberty Institute, et al. filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amici curiae of Our Duty–USA, et al. filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amici curiae of Upper Midwest Law Center, et al. filed.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
Counsel of Record
Claybrook, LLC
655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425
Washington, DC 20005

rick@claybrooklaw.com
Ph: 301-622-0360
Party name: Kimberly Polk


Attorneys for Respondents
Alan Evan Schoenfeld
Counsel of Record
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007

alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com
Ph: (212) 230-8800
Party name: Montgomery County Public Schools, et al.


Other Attorneys
Donald A. Daugherty Jr.
Counsel of Record
Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies
1455 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

don.daugherty@dfipolicy.org
Ph: 4145596902
Party name: The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies


Deborah Dewart
Counsel of Record
111 Magnolia Lane
Hubert, NC 28539

LAWYERDEBORAH@OUTLOOK.COM
Ph: 9103264554
Party name: NC Values Institute


Joshua Wallace Dixon
Counsel of Record
Center for American Liberty
2145 14th Avenue, Suite 8
Vero Beach, FL 32960

jdixon@libertycenter.org
Ph: 7036876200
Party name: CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY


Sean Paul Gates
Counsel of Record
Charis Lex P.C.
155 N. Lake Ave.
Ste. 800
Pasadena, CA 91101

SGATES@CHARISLEX.COM
Ph: (626) 508-1715
Party name: Coalition for Jewish Values


Laura Brown Hernandez
Counsel of Record
Robertson Center for Constitutional Law
1000 Regent Univ. Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23467

lhernandez@regent.edu
Ph: 7573524000
Party name: Robertson Center for Constitutional Law


Lori Dawn Kepner
Counsel of Record
Christian Legal Society
8001 Braddock Road, Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151

LKepner@clsnet.org
Ph: 7038941081
Party name: Christian Legal Society, National Association of Evangelicals, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission


Mary Elizabeth McAlister
Counsel of Record
Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc.
5425 Peachtree Pkwy, Suite 110
Norcross, GA 30092

mmcalister@childparentrights.org
Ph: 770 448 4525
Party name: Our Duty–USA and Child & Parental Rights Campaign


Matthew Brown McReynolds
Counsel of Record
Pacific Justice Institute
P.O. Box 276600
Sacramento, CA 95827

mmcreynolds@pji.org
Ph: 9168576900
Party name: Pacific Justice Institute


Christopher E. Mills
Counsel of Record
Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: America First Legal Foundation


Laura Darien Nammo
Center for Law & Religious Freedom
8001 Braddock Rd., Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151

laura@clsnet.org
Ph: 7038621819
Party name: Christian Legal Society, National Association of Evangelicals, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission


Charles Brent Robbins
Counsel of Record
Upper Midwest Law Center
12600 Whitewater Drive, Suite 140
Minnetonka, MN 55343

brent.robbins@umlc.org
Ph: 6124287000
Party name: Upper Midwest Law Center


Kelly J. Shackelford
Counsel of Record
First Liberty Institute
2001 W Piano Pkwy
Suite 1600
Plano, TX 75075

kshackelford@firstliberty.org
Ph: 972-941-4444
Party name: First Liberty Institute and Institute for Free Speech


Ilya Shapiro
Counsel of Record
Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017

ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org
Ph: 212599-7000
Party name: Manhattan Institute


Timothy Ray Snowball
Counsel of Record
Parents Initiative of the Liberty Justice Center
1629 K Street N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006

tsnowball@libertyjusticecenter.org
Ph: 512-481-4400
Party name: The Liberty Justice Center’s Parents Initiative


John Clay Sullivan
Counsel of Record
S|L Law PLLC
610 Uptown Boulevard, Suite 2000
Cedar Hill, TX 75104

john.sullivan@slfirm.com
Ph: 4695231351
Party name: Christian Educators Association International, Dr. Nicholas Meriwether, John Kluge, Kathy McCord, Monica Gill, Kim Wright, Tanner Cross, and Peter Vlaming.


Michael Benjamin Sylvester
Counsel of Record
Founding Freedoms Law Center
707 E. Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23219

michael@foundingfreedomslaw.org
Ph: 8042708172
Party name: First Amendment Scholars


Jeffrey Michael Trissell
Counsel of Record
LiMandri & Jonna LLP
P.O. Box 9120
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067

JTRISSELL@LIMANDRI.COM
Ph: 8587599930
Party name: Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West


Michael Ray Williams
Counsel of Record
Office of the West Virginia Attorney General
State Capitol Complex, Bldg. 1, Rm E-26
1900 Kanawha Blvd. E
Charleston, WV 25305

mwilliams@wvago.gov
Ph: 304-558-2021
Party name: State of West Virginia and 11 Other States


 

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