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Jonathan Moreland v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-2179 · judgment April 28, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
The United States District Court, District of West Virginia lacked lawful authority to require Petitioner to take a meningitis vaccine in order to attend school:
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Who owns the physical body of Jonathan Moreland, Petitioner?
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Did the lower courts violate petitioner’s due process rights?
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Can a CORPORATE MUNICIPAL (WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH) officer order a person to take an injection against a medical doctor’s recommendation?
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Can a CORPORATE MUNICIPAL (WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH) officer presume to have some right, title, or interest, in the physical body of Petitioner?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jonathan Moreland
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- May 18 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
- Apr 15 2026Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
- Apr 10 2026Waiver of right of respondent West Virginia Department of Health, Steven Compton, Jason Trautwein, and Dr. Ayne Amjad to respond filed.
- Jul 26 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 6, 2026)