To protect the right of access to the courts under the First Amendment's Petition Clause, during the petition stage of this Court seeking review of federal constitutional claims arising from a federal court action with supplemental state tort claims, whether this Court's petition stage is a statutory right to petition under 28 U.S.C. §2101(c) (granting 90 days to file a petition for a writ of certiorari) as a "federal court proceeding" and hence, a filed petition a matter "pending" sub judice as declared in 28 U.S.C. § 1367(d) to continue the tolling of state tort statute of limitations until a final Court order is issued.

Whether the petition stage of Supreme Court review constitutes a 'federal court proceeding' for purposes of tolling state tort statute of limitations under 28 U.S.C. §1367(d)