Supreme Court Report

Order list

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

109 denied · 4 mandamus denied · 4 rehearings denied · 4 in pending cases · 2 orders · The Court’s PDF · 583 U.S.

Orders in pending cases4

  1. 17A551Levelt Musgraves v. Judy P. Smith, WardenThe application for a certificate of appealability addressed to Justice Ginsburg and referred to the Court is denied.
  2. 17M75J. M. V. WV DEPT. OF HEALTHThe motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time is denied.
  3. 17-664Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras v. Universities Superannuation Scheme LimitedThe joint motion to defer consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.
  4. 17-5716Timothy D. Koons, Kenneth Jay Putensen, Randy Feauto, Esequiel Gutierrez, and Jose Manuel Gardea v. United StatesThe motion of petitioners for appointment of counsel is granted, and Jeffrey L. Fisher, Esquire, of Stanford, California, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioners in this case.

Appeals -- summary dispositions2

  1. 17-680Texas Democratic Party v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas
  2. 17-780John T. Morris v. TexasThe appeals are dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

Certiorari denied109

  1. 17-241Wilfredo Garay Reyes v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General
  2. 17-255Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC v. Manuel Pantoja
  3. 17-302Rony Estuardo Perez-Guzman v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General
  4. 17-307South Carolina Department of Corrections v. Patrick L. Booker
  5. 17-6285Patrick L. Booker v. South Carolina Department of Corrections
  6. 17-321James Robert Christensen, Jr. v. Tennessee
  7. 17-335Raul De La Rosa v. Mark White
  8. 17-378South Carolina v. Alphonso Chaves Thompson
  9. 17-493Kimberly Michelle Shepard v. Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission
  10. 17-533Eason Land Co., LLC v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior
  11. 17-539Susan Duffy v. Anthony Fred Martin
  12. 17-543Anita Arrington-Bey, Administratrix of the Estate of Omar K. Arrington-Bey v. City of Bedford Heights, Ohio
  13. 17-544Robert D. Vocke, Jr. v. Merit Systems Protection Board
  14. 17-557Laurence M. Fedora v. Merit Systems Protection Board
  15. 17-562Sheldon Silver v. United States
  16. 17-579Labor and Industry Review Commission of Wisconsin v. Tracey Coleman
  17. 17-625Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC v. Medtronic, Inc.
  18. 17-650Royce Denton McLin v. Jason Gerald Ard, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Livingston Parish, Louisiana
  19. 17-691Steven Fager v. Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team
  20. 17-692Brenda Geiling, et vir v. Wirt Financial Services, Inc.
  21. 17-698Dustin Buxton v. Sandra Kurtinitis, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as President of The Community College of Baltimore County
  22. 17-702Lewis Tein, P.L. v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
  23. 17-713Alson Alston v. The Pennsylvania State University
  24. 17-715Gege Odion v. Sabi Varon
  25. 17-723Richard A. Crosby v. Eli Capilouto
  26. 17-725Justin Beavers v. Kern County Department of Child Support Services
  27. 17-741Jose Miguel Madrigales-Rodriguez v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General
  28. 17-744Stanton M. Buch v. United States
  29. 17-755Southern California Edison Company v. Nevada Department of Taxation
  30. 17-758Naresh C. Arora, et ux. v. Captain James
  31. 17-767Adrienne L. McAdory v. Vail Technologies
  32. 17-785Lower Colorado River Authority v. Papalote Creek II, L.L.C.
  33. 17-811Simmtech Co., Ltd. v. Citibank, N.A.
  34. 17-826Michael Pratt, Administrator of the Estate of Eric J. Pratt, Deceased v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, dba Amtrak
  35. 17-828Jennifer Rae Heglund, et vir v. City of Grand Rapids, Michigan
  36. 17-831Yan Sui v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  37. 17-838Tracy Lee Kendall v. David J. Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  38. 17-839Bradrick J. Collins v. Baylor University
  39. 17-851Yan Sui, et ux. v. Richard Alan Marshack
  40. 17-852M. L., a Minor, By His Parents and Next Friends, Akiva and Shani Leiman v. Jack R. Smith, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent
  41. 17-874ZPR Investment Management, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange Commission
  42. 17-5897Carl Wayne Buntion v. Texas
  43. 17-6254Marcus Geoward Woods v. United States
  44. 17-6329Brett A. Bogle v. Florida
  45. 17-6712Wylmina Hettinga v. Timothy Loumena
  46. 17-6714Mario Lavell Cockerham v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  47. 17-6715Baldemar Ugarte Avila v. Illinois Department of Human Services
  48. 17-6720George A. Christian v. Jeorld Braggs, Jr., Warden
  49. 17-6722Joseph C. Clark v. Brian Foster, Warden
  50. 17-6726Jose Moreno v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
  51. 17-6727Maurice A. Moses, Sr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  52. 17-6728Jose Luis Cordero v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction
  53. 17-6729Herman Jay Dixon v. D. Asuncion, Warden
  54. 17-6730Warren Durham, Jr. v. Ohio
  55. 17-6738Celestine G. Thompson v. Annette Newsome
  56. 17-6739Albert Pete Veenstra, III v. United States District Court for the District of Idaho
  57. 17-6740Lorenzo Estabon Thomas v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  58. 17-6743Alan Justin Smith v. Washington
  59. 17-6744Jason Shaver v. Paul Klee, Warden
  60. 17-6745Albert Santana, Jr. v. William Lee, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility
  61. 17-6750Renate Ingrid Behrens v. Suzanne Behrens, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Edgar Behrens
  62. 17-6753Anthony Brito v. Illinois
  63. 17-6758Quincy Buster v. Virginia
  64. 17-6767Jonathan Haar, et ux. v. Alice H. Allen
  65. 17-6770Daimeyahn Stevenson v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
  66. 17-6784Ronald Bass, Sr. v. New Jersey
  67. 17-6792Wilfred Warren Sheppard v. Texas
  68. 17-6800Richard McIntyre v. Theresa DelBalso, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy
  69. 17-6801Hector Molina v. Eric Arnold, Acting Warden
  70. 17-6806Wendell Brown, aka Menes Ankh El v. Laurie Johnson, Superintendent, Indianapolis Re-entry Educational Facility
  71. 17-6823Chester L. Bird v. Michael Pacheco, Warden
  72. 17-6838Meryl S. McDonald v. Florida
  73. 17-6862Troy Batiste v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
  74. 17-6874Gary D. King v. Walter Berry, Warden
  75. 17-6917William G. Scott v. Mississippi
  76. 17-6936Diwone A. Wallace v. Michael Melvin, Warden
  77. 17-6965George King v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison
  78. 17-6968Gerald S. Lepre, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing
  79. 17-6999Sentoryia Young v. Tony Mays, Warden
  80. 17-7005Juliette Fairley v. Mauricette Fairley
  81. 17-7015Carl Ray McNeil, Jr. v. United States
  82. 17-7044Al Torrell Beasley, aka Rody v. United States
  83. 17-7056Patrick Jones v. United States
  84. 17-7058Suliman Malik El-Amin v. United States
  85. 17-7075Timothy Joseph Carlson v. United States
  86. 17-7076Robert R. Davies v. United States
  87. 17-7078Jerry L. Gater v. United States
  88. 17-7080Terrence Richardson v. United States
  89. 17-7091David A. Guy v. United States
  90. 17-7092Terrance Gerard Stanton v. United States
  91. 17-7096Hernan Prada v. United States
  92. 17-7106Romelly Dastinot v. United States
  93. 17-7107Jimmy Renee Cruz, Jr. v. United States
  94. 17-7111Quacy L. Francis v. United States
  95. 17-7114Marlow Andre Farmer v. United States
  96. 17-7116Julian Okeayainneh v. United States
  97. 17-7118Tara Jo Moore v. United States
  98. 17-7122Stephon Donte Williams v. United States
  99. 17-7126Jeffrey Cox v. United States
  100. 17-7131Kenneth Wayne Morgan, Jr. v. United States
  101. 17-7184Brandon L. Fake v. City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  102. 17-570Jeffery S. Musselman v. Department of the ArmyThe motion of National Treasury Employees Union for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  103. 17-610A. R. Thane Ritchie v. Huizenga Managers Fund, LLCThe motion of Jeffrey W. Bullock, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  104. 17-681Robert Gilmore, Superintendent, Correctional Institution at Greene v. Saleem BeyThe motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  105. 17-688Cory Groshek v. Time Warner Cable Inc.The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  106. 17-740George W. Mathias v. United States District Court for the Central District of IllinoisThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  107. 17-786L.D. Drilling, Inc. v. Northern Natural Gas Company
  108. 17-7067Keith Schwartz v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of these petitions.
  109. 17-7094Carlos Martinez v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Mandamus denied4

  1. 17-6719In Re John B. Bell
  2. 17-6731In Re George Cleveland, III
  3. 17-7010In Re Dion WilliamsThe petitions for writs of mandamus are denied.
  4. 17-6890In Re Joseph WilliamsThe petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition is denied. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Rehearings denied4

  1. 17-485In Re Robert K. Hudnall
  2. 17-6091Anthony J. Cilwa v. John K. Fort
  3. 17-6185Kirk A. Simmons v. United StatesThe petitions for rehearing are denied.
  4. 17-6192Kevin Hawkins v. United StatesThe motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing is denied.