re: 4 SCOTUS Justices will hear Loy Brunson v. Alam Adams, et, al. on 06/24.

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I don't practice law for a living so my language is probably imprecise talking about this on a message board so I apologize to boosie if he was confused by the OP. With that said, it's still a very interesting case and more interesting in the fact that 4 judges allowed the case to move up from the appellate court to become more fully informed on the matter.

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Yes, I think this is just an issue of language. Nevertheless, I think the embedded counterpoint is that any Rule 11 petition has to have a disposition. There isn't a special cert being granted to hear this because of any feature of the case. If you file a petition pursuant to SC rules, then clerk must accept the filing and place it on the docket. The court then decides whether to grant cert. This is a proper Rule 11 petition because his case was dismissed by the District court. He can request pursuant to Rule 11 that the SC hear the case without him having to exhaust his appeal in the Circuit court of appeals. If that petition is granted (in any matter), its very rare (albeit on the upswing in the past few years).