Whether a court of appeals may deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis as "frivolous" when the appeal turns on a federal statutory question the court expressly acknowledges it has not previously decided.

Whether a court of appeals (or its clerk's office) may treat a timely petition for rehearing under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 40 as an impermissible successive "motion for reconsideration" under a local rule governing motions for reconsideration, thereby declining to process the rehearing petition and foreclosing rehearing review of the order being challenged.

Whether a court of appeals may deny in forma pauperis status as frivolous when the appeal turns on a federal statutory question the court expressly acknowledges it has not previously decided, and whether a court of appeals may treat a timely petition for rehearing under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 40 as an impermissible successive motion for reconsideration under a local rule, thereby foreclosing rehearing review