Supreme Court Report

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017


216 denied · 1 habeas denied · 5 mandamus denied · 2 rehearings denied · 17 in pending cases · 1 order · The Court’s PDF · 583 U.S.

Orders in pending cases17

  1. 17M37WAKEFIELD, MATTHEW V. CIRCUIT COURT OF VA
  2. 17M38WILLIAMS, MICHAEL C. V. MURPHY, JAMES W., ET AL.
  3. 17M39EDWARDS, ALEXANDER V. MARYLANDThe motions to direct the Clerk to file petitions for writs of certiorari out of time are denied.
  4. 17M40STANCU, JOHN V. STARWOOD HOTELS, ET AL.The motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record is granted.
  5. 17M41LENNAN, BILL T. V. JANDA, WARDEN
  6. 17M42PIRELA, JOSEPH V. GUARDIANSHIP, ET AL.
  7. 17M43QIN, LI WEN V. UNITED NATIONS, ET AL.The motions to direct the Clerk to file petitions for writs of certiorari out of time are denied. 141, ORIG. TEXAS V. NEW MEXICO, ET AL. The motion of New Mexico to dismiss Texas’s complaint is denied. The motion of Elephant Butte Irrigation District for leave to intervene is denied. The motion of El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 for leave to intervene is denied. The motion of New Mexico State University for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The motion of New Mexico Pecan Growers for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The exception of the United States and the first exception of Colorado to the First Interim Report of the Special Master (Feb. 13, 2017) are set for oral argument in due course. 142, ORIG. FLORIDA V. GEORGIA The exceptions to the Special Master Report are set for oral argument in due course.
  8. 16-498PATCHAK, DAVID V. ZINKE, SEC. OF INTERIOR, ET AL.The motion of respondents for divided argument is granted.
  9. 16-581LEIDOS, INC. V. IN PUBLIC RETIREMENT, ET AL.The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.
  10. 16-712OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES V. GREENE'S ENERGY GROUP, ET AL.The motion of Houston Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted.
  11. 16-969SAS INSTITUTE INC. V. MATAL, JOSEPH, ET AL.The motion of respondent ComplementSoft, LLC for divided argument is denied.
  12. 16-980HUSTED, OH SEC. OF STATE V. RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, ET AL.The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.
  13. 16-1067MURPHY, CHARLES V. SMITH, ROBERT, ET AL.The motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix is granted.
  14. 17-204Apple Inc. v. Robert PepperThe Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
  15. 17-5417Dora L. Adkins v. Public Storage
  16. 17-5423Yann Iannucci v. Mark Switalski, Judge, 16th Circuit Court of Michigan
  17. 17-5649Louis Smith v. City and County of San Francisco, CaliforniaThe motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis are denied. Petitioners are allowed until October 31, 2017, within which to pay the docketing fees required by Rule 38(a) and to submit petitions in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.

Orders1

  1. 16-9446WEATHERS, OBIE D. V. DAVIS, DIR., TX DCJThe motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for further consideration in light of Moore v. Texas, 581 U. S. ____ (2017).

Certiorari denied216

  1. 16-1105POWER VENTURES, ET AL. V. FACEBOOK
  2. 16-1221CONAGRA BRANDS, INC. V. BRISENO, ROBERT, ET AL.
  3. 16-1327BRADFORD, GLENN P. V. BROWN, SUPT., WABASH
  4. 16-1330IVEY, CHARLES M. V. FIRST CITIZENS BANK
  5. 16-1344NOSAL, DAVID V. UNITED STATES
  6. 16-1372ABC, INC. V. BESHEAR, ATT'Y GEN. OF KY
  7. 16-1391MARILLEY, KEVIN, ET AL. V. BONHAM, CHARLTON H.
  8. 16-1413BLANKENSHIP, DONALD L. V. UNITED STATES
  9. 16-7712TREY M. V. WASHINGTON
  10. 16-8855CAMPBELL, CLIFTON D. V. UNITED STATES
  11. 16-8870HUMMEL, LORI A. V. NEW JERSEY
  12. 16-8973MOORE, DECORNICK V. UNITED STATES
  13. 16-9279MERRITT, ANDRE V. CALIFORNIA
  14. 16-9389THOMAS, DAVID S. V. UNITED STATES
  15. 16-9416SMITH, BRIAN D. V. NEBRASKA
  16. 16-9450WOOD, JEFFERY, ET AL. V. COLLIER, BRYAN, ET AL.
  17. 16-9752ARRINGTON, ROBERT O. V. SELLERS, WARDEN
  18. 17-22Floyd G. Elmore v. Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
  19. 17-41Jose Ismael Ventura v. United States
  20. 17-47Corcel Corporation, Inc. v. Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.
  21. 17-128Mahmoud M. Mahmoud v. Corinne Luna
  22. 17-139Anthony Bell v. Louisiana
  23. 17-143Ceasar Jones v. North Carolina
  24. 17-144Aldmyr Systems, Inc. v. Stephen A. Friedman
  25. 17-151Willie-Frank Walker v. Florida
  26. 17-153James Robinson v. Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Supreme Court of Missouri
  27. 17-156Mark Martin, Arkansas Secretary of State v. Mark Moore
  28. 17-164Richard J. Samson, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of Edra D. Blixseth v. Western Capital Partners, LLC
  29. 17-167Stephany Swart v. Surendra Pawar
  30. 17-172Andrew Feldman v. American Dawn, Inc.
  31. 17-177Tasheik Ashanti Champean, aka Douglas Howell v. Michael Rich
  32. 17-180Shame on You Productions, Inc. v. Elizabeth Banks
  33. 17-183Town Center Flats, LLC v. ECP Commercial II LLC
  34. 17-186Sidney Bender v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States
  35. 17-187Michael Libby v. Don Wright, Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services
  36. 17-189Michael Lauer v. Securities and Exchange Commission
  37. 17-192Joseph Michael Donnette-Sherman v. Washington
  38. 17-194Leak Surveys, Inc. v. Flir Systems, Inc.
  39. 17-196Ali R. Hashemi-Nejad v. Mina Kompani Hashemi
  40. 17-197Roger French v. Karla Starr, Judge, CRIT Tribal Appellate Court
  41. 17-198Marianne Hudack v. Dallas Scott Holmes, Judge, Riverside, California Superior Court
  42. 17-199Richard B. Fox v. HCA Holdings, Inc.
  43. 17-201Michael E. Mockovak v. King County, Washington
  44. 17-206Susan G. Brown v. Douglas Ellmann, Chapter 7 Trustee
  45. 17-207Klaus Ernst Buehler v. Rolls-Royce Corporation
  46. 17-209Krista Ann Muccio v. Minnesota
  47. 17-217Ty Oliver McDowell v. Wyoming
  48. 17-228The Renco Group, Inc. v. Lee E. Buchwald, as Trustee for Magnesium Corporation of America and Related Debtor, Renco Metals, Inc.
  49. 17-230James R. Alguire v. Ralph S. Janvey
  50. 17-231Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Fremont Bancorporation
  51. 17-235Saman Khoury v. Robert M. Speer, Acting Secretary of the Army
  52. 17-240Martin O. Nickerson, Jr. v. Washington State Department of Revenue
  53. 17-271Adam P. McNiece v. Connecticut
  54. 17-274Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation v. District of Columbia
  55. 17-277Lakshmi Arunachalam v. International Business Machines Corporation
  56. 17-286John Earl McFadden, Jr. v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  57. 17-287Milo & Gabby LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc.
  58. 17-29359th & State Street Corporation v. Rahm Emanuel
  59. 17-295Robert Anderson v. Illinois
  60. 17-296Jose Doe v. Dave Goodman
  61. 17-305Kathryn Gillette v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  62. 17-317Lester E. Cook v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview
  63. 17-318James A. Simon v. United States
  64. 17-323Abraham Eugene Spear v. United States
  65. 17-329William F. Horne v. Internal Revenue Service
  66. 17-338Joseph R. Banister v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  67. 17-5063Carlos Gilchrist v. United States
  68. 17-5080Thomas Bartlett Whitaker v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  69. 17-5344Christopher Aguilar Quiroz v. Texas
  70. 17-5350James R. McIntyre v. Lori Gidley, Warden
  71. 17-5354Jarrel Antwon Snyder v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  72. 17-5362Phillip Ealy v. Wendy Knight, Superintendent, Correctional Industrial Facility
  73. 17-5363Mark William Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  74. 17-5377Kim Yevette Flanigan v. Bank of America
  75. 17-5379George Foote v. Indiana
  76. 17-5397Jordan Joseph Kinard v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  77. 17-5407Christopher Evans v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison
  78. 17-5409Timothy Bell v. Gregory Scott
  79. 17-5411Eddie Wagle v. Connie Horton, Acting Warden
  80. 17-5415James Davis v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison
  81. 17-5416Relmon H. Davis, III v. Dave Davey, Warden
  82. 17-5425Johnathan Joseph Garcia v. T. Perez, Warden
  83. 17-5426Billy Frank Lee v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  84. 17-5427Jonathan L. Hull v. Amanda R. Hull
  85. 17-5430Alan Robert Bennett, Jr. v. Superior Court of Pennsylvania
  86. 17-5433Billy Cannon v. Dean Newport
  87. 17-5438Sylvester Richardson v. R.O.S.P. Medical Department
  88. 17-5440Roberto Dianas v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  89. 17-5444Duane Yates v. Tim Scherle
  90. 17-5449William Wintworth Foster v. Anne Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections
  91. 17-5451Shannon Douglas Robinson v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  92. 17-5453Wali Saleem v. Florida
  93. 17-5454Edward J. Reinhart v. Citimortgage, Inc.
  94. 17-5457Isaias L. Palacios v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  95. 17-5461Duraid Hitham Fathi v. Randall Haas, Warden
  96. 17-5465Jason Szydlek v. Melinda K. Braman, Warden
  97. 17-5467Eric Johnson v. California
  98. 17-5474Alan Lewis Doering v. Bill Hollenbeck, Sheriff, Sebastian County, Arkansas
  99. 17-5478Gifford Ray v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
  100. 17-5480John R. Scannell v. Washington Bar Association
  101. 17-5488Patrick Lamar Adger v. Texas
  102. 17-5491James Earl Jones v. Mississippi
  103. 17-5493Mark A. Vinzant v. Jesus Fernandez
  104. 17-5494Lynn Woods v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden
  105. 17-5499James Michael Bernard v. Michael Overmyer, Superintendent, State Correctional Institute at Forest
  106. 17-5506Steve Austin, Jr. v. Florida
  107. 17-5507Supreme Raheem Ackbar v. Lieutenant McPherson
  108. 17-5508Charissa A. Smalls, et vir v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
  109. 17-5509Albert DuWayne Beasley v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  110. 17-5510Alexander V. Beard v. Illinois
  111. 17-5513Timothy Rice v. State Correctional Institution at Waymart
  112. 17-5515Lovotny Cedric Shannon v. Shane Jackson, Warden
  113. 17-5518John Johnson v. Dennis Dingus, Warden
  114. 17-5520Anwar T. Johnson v. Eric Tice, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield
  115. 17-5523Israel Ben-Levi v. Kelli Harris
  116. 17-5524Sarai Hannah Ajai v. Laramar Management Services, LLC, fka Laramar Group, LLC, dba Hinsdale Lake Terrace Apartments
  117. 17-5525Earl Fulgian and Michael T. Corbin v. Massachusetts
  118. 17-5528Michael Anthony Almendarez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  119. 17-5531Nick Petkovic v. Kimberly Clipper, Warden
  120. 17-5535Jack Lee King v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  121. 17-5536Marc Anthony Lowell Endsley v. California Department of State Hospitals
  122. 17-5541Jessie D. Milo v. Daniel Paramo, Warden
  123. 17-5544Kalvin Pringle v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  124. 17-5547Abuwi M. Waheed v. City of New York, New York
  125. 17-5550Alicia A. Williams v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
  126. 17-5553Joshua Nelson v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  127. 17-5568Gregory L. Campbell v. South Carolina
  128. 17-5570Andrew R. Spengler v. United States
  129. 17-5589Trolus Pickett v. Illinois
  130. 17-5601Chauncey Yarbrough v. Tom Schweitzer, Warden
  131. 17-5609Rafael Agosto v. Peter Mastrantonio, Jr.
  132. 17-5633Cecil Leon Aiken v. Florida
  133. 17-5635Jerome McMurtry v. Georgia
  134. 17-5640Nathaniel Brown v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon
  135. 17-5679Francisco Perez v. Pennsylvania
  136. 17-5681Eric C. McCarter v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  137. 17-5687Lance Ealy v. United States
  138. 17-5708Michael O. Brown v. Tennessee
  139. 17-5712Ernest Dickens v. Hudson Sheraton Corporation LLC
  140. 17-5726Yaski Romero v. Neil McDowell, Warden
  141. 17-5735Michael Dean Vaughan v. Kentucky Army National Guard
  142. 17-5740Miguel Angel Escamilla, Jr. v. United States
  143. 17-5743Jamon Demetrius Jackson v. Gregory McLaughlin, Warden
  144. 17-5744Torben Lamont Jackson v. United States
  145. 17-5748Virgil Culbreath v. Kenneth B. Weedon, Warden
  146. 17-5757Benita Dinkins-Robinson v. United States
  147. 17-5760Joe Fernandez v. United States
  148. 17-5761Antwan Roshax Gray v. United States
  149. 17-5762Leo D. Graham v. United States
  150. 17-5766Marcel Romains Wallace v. United States
  151. 17-5768Irvin E. Taliaferro v. United States
  152. 17-5770Cathleen Roselyn Cantlon v. United States
  153. 17-5771John Cameron Cain v. United States
  154. 17-5775Paul V. Burdulis v. United States
  155. 17-5776Jeffrey J. Grimes v. United States
  156. 17-5777Paul Fox v. United States
  157. 17-5778Anselmo Gomez v. United States
  158. 17-5786Randall Stewart Hill v. United States
  159. 17-5787Robert R. Heffernan v. Arkansas
  160. 17-5789Danny Henington v. Arkansas
  161. 17-5793Manuel Chacon-Lara v. United States
  162. 17-5799Julius A. Williams v. United States
  163. 17-5801Jerry L. Wells, Jr. v. United States
  164. 17-5802Alfredo Tapia, III v. United States
  165. 17-5803Faronte Antonio McDuffie v. United States
  166. 17-5809Robert Frascarelli v. United States Parole Commission
  167. 17-5812Lyle Robert Carpenter v. United States
  168. 17-5814Marty C. Stacy v. United States
  169. 17-5815Jorge Luis Serrano v. United States
  170. 17-5816Kelly David Shambaugh v. United States
  171. 17-5818Keith Smith v. United States
  172. 17-5821Mauro Solis v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  173. 17-5822John C. Slater v. United States
  174. 17-5824Shawn J. Sivertson v. New York
  175. 17-5826Claudia Montoya v. United States
  176. 17-5833Karriem J. McDowell v. Tamyra Jarvis, Warden
  177. 17-5838Larry Aubrey Henson v. United States
  178. 17-5840Edward Thomas v. United States
  179. 17-5841Matthew Vado v. United States
  180. 17-5847Jonathan Cobb v. United States
  181. 17-5850Kortne Melvin v. United States
  182. 17-5866Amaury Villa v. United States
  183. 17-5871Davon McKenzie v. United States
  184. 17-5873Guy Bordes Agnant, Jr. v. United States
  185. 17-5874Jose Conejo-Rodriguez v. United States
  186. 17-5879Robert Noble Hammons v. United States
  187. 17-5883Loni M. Tepiew v. United States
  188. 17-5885James Carl Doron Williams v. United States
  189. 17-5889Reymundo Montoya-Ortiz v. United States
  190. 17-5896Fredy Figueroa-Montes v. United States
  191. 17-5899Brandon Jermaine Sykes v. United States
  192. 17-5902John Hoke Brooker v. United States
  193. 17-5903Keith Carr v. United States
  194. 17-5904Marshall H. Dion v. United States
  195. 17-5905Larry Dane Boykin, Jr. v. United States
  196. 17-5908Ashley Anders Bishop v. United States
  197. 17-5910Faith Blake v. United States
  198. 17-5911Amin Jamaal Harris v. United States
  199. 17-5928Kimberly Thompson, et vir v. Star Insurance Company
  200. 17-5938Jerry Campbell v. United States
  201. 17-5950Miguel Abreau-Pena v. United States
  202. 17-5953Derek Edward Benedict v. United States
  203. 17-5956Leroy Charles v. United States
  204. 17-5961Joseph A. Weaver v. Ray Ormond, WardenThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  205. 16-1307AL BAHLUL, ALI V. UNITED STATESThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  206. 16-1329BRYANT, MICHAEL S., ET AL. V. KING, ROBERT E., ET UX.The motion of Association of American Physicians & Surgeons for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  207. 17-17Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services v. D. O.The motion of respondents for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  208. 17-64The GEO Group, Inc. v. Detention Watch NetworkThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  209. 17-182Wenkan Alice Tian v. Watergate South, Inc.The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Ginsburg took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  210. 17-210Todd J. Oubre v. Schlumberger, LimitedThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  211. 17-272John B. Jean-Pierre v. Angela SchwersThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  212. 17-5580Glenn Winningham v. Donald Baker
  213. 17-5784Corey Louis Hines v. United StatesThe motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis are denied, and the petitions for writs of certiorari are dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
  214. 17-5823Robert Reed v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  215. 17-5831Sherwin V. Koyle v. Sand Canyon CorporationThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  216. 17-5929Gregory Denis Truette v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Habeas corpus denied1

  1. 17-5872In Re Michael A. SveumThe motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.

Mandamus denied5

  1. 17-205In Re Carl Bernofsky
  2. 17-5533In Re Kevin Pollins
  3. 17-5571In Re Thomas Sheppard
  4. 17-5711In Re Ernest Franklin ClarkThe petitions for writs of mandamus are denied.
  5. 17-5490In Re Otis BrascomThe motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.

Rehearings denied2

  1. 16-1346STRAW, ANDREW U. V. INDIANA SUPREME COURT
  2. 16-8757WHITNUM-BAKER, LISA V. BAKER, JAMES J.The petitions for rehearing are denied.