Dismissed as improvidently granted

[1] Notably, the Supreme Court of the United States occasionally grants a petition of the writ of certiorari, only to later DIG the case.

A DIG can come as a surprise or disappointment to parties who have put significant effort into getting a case to the Court, to third parties who have filed amicus briefs to express their views to the Court, or to members of the public expecting resolution of a high-profile dispute.

[3] Nevertheless, the Supreme Court has DIGged some cases over four justices' dissent, such as Medellin v. Dretke (2005), Robertson v. United States ex rel.

Sometimes, the Supreme Court DIGs a case through a simple docket order, rather than issuing even a per curiam opinion.

The Supreme Court's online docket search system "contains complete information regarding the status of cases filed since the beginning of the 2001 Term".