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Ammon Ra Sumrall v. Georgia Department of Corrections, et al.
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-11783 · judgment September 9, 2025
Question presented
The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. 2000cc et seq., like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., specifies that a person aggrieved under the statute may “obtain appropriate relief against a government.” In Tanzin v. Tanvir, 592 U.S. 43 (2020), this Court held that individuals may sue government officials in their individual capacities for damages under RFRA. This Court then granted certiorari and earlier this term heard oral argument in Landor v. Louisiana, Case No. 23-1197. The question presented in Landor is whether an individual may sue a government official in his individual capacity for damages for violations of RLUIPA. The question presented in this case is identical.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Erica Joan Hashimoto
Georgetown University Law Center
For respondent
John Henry Tab Thompson
Georgia Department of Law
Proceedings
- May 26 2026Petition DENIED.
- May 13 2026Reply of petitioner Ammon Sumrall filed. (Distributed)
- May 06 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2026.
- Apr 16 2026Brief of Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition not accepted for filing. (To be Resubmitted - April 20, 2026)
- Apr 16 2026Brief of respondents Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed. (Resubmitted)
- Mar 19 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 8, 2026.
- Mar 17 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2026 to May 8, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 09 2026Response Requested. (Due April 8, 2026)
- Feb 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Jan 06 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 9, 2026)
- Nov 24 2025Application (25A613) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 7, 2026.
- Nov 13 2025Application (25A613) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 8, 2025 to January 22, 2026, submitted to Justice Thomas.