Supreme Court Report

Order list

Monday, April 16, 2018


2 GVRs · 240 denied · 1 habeas denied · 2 mandamus denied · 21 rehearings denied · 10 in pending cases · 3 discipline · The Court’s PDF · 584 U.S.

Summary dispositions2

  1. 16-9604SYKES, TREVON V. UNITED STATES
  2. 17-6344Jerry N. Brown v. United StatesThe motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The judgments are vacated, and the cases are remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit for further consideration in light of that court's opinion in United States v. Naylor, __ F. 3d ___ (CA8 2018).

Orders in pending cases10

  1. 17A980Abdifatah Gaas Qorane, aka Qorane Abdifatah Gaas v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney GeneralThe application for stay addressed to Justice Ginsburg and referred to the Court is denied.
  2. 17M99VIOLA, GIUSEPPE V. KIRSCH, MORTON D., ET AL.
  3. 17M100ROLLE, DEBORAH V. JONES, SEC., FL DOCThe motions to direct the Clerk to file petitions for writs of certiorari out of time are denied.
  4. 17M101RUSSELL, ROBERT L. V. JONES, SEC., FL DOC, ET AL.The motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time under Rule 14.5 is denied.
  5. 17M102BONCZEK, ROBERT V. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ET AL.The motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time is denied. 148, ORIG. STATE OF MISSOURI, ET AL. V. STATE OF CALIFORNIA 149, ORIG. STATE OF INDIANA, ET AL. V. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS The Solicitor General is invited to file briefs in these cases expressing the views of the United States.
  6. 17-587Mount Lemmon Fire District v. John GuidoThe motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix is granted.
  7. 17-834Kansas v. Ramiro Garcia
  8. 17-936Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Jeffrey CampieThe Solicitor General is invited to file briefs in these cases expressing the views of the United States.
  9. 17-7801Scottie A. Bagi v. City of Parma, Ohio
  10. 17-7871Donald C. Marro v. Citibank, N.A.The motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis are denied. Petitioners are allowed until May 4, 2018, 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.

Certiorari denied240

  1. 17-658Rod Blagojevich v. United States
  2. 17-689Andrew March v. Janet T. Mills, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of Maine
  3. 17-887Richard Brown, Warden v. Dentrell Brown
  4. 17-933New England Regional Council of Carpenters v. Connecticut Ironworkers Employers Association, Inc.
  5. 17-977Etihad Airways P.J.S.C. v. Jane Doe, et vir
  6. 17-1063Dung Quoc Pham v. Benny Blaylock
  7. 17-1083Michael Higgins v. Kimberly J. Zion, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Conor Zion
  8. 17-1089Michael Leslie Lake v. Michael Skelton
  9. 17-1095Michael David Melton v. Kelly D. Phillips
  10. 17-1096Althea Miley v. Cenlar FSB
  11. 17-1100Brady Smith v. Amanda Smith
  12. 17-1101Andrew Hall v. Jose Flores
  13. 17-1116Pat Foster v. John C. Kleuessendorf
  14. 17-1117Andrew Stuart Luster v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden
  15. 17-1118Darwin Keith Bridges v. Empire Scaffold, LLC
  16. 17-1119Anthony Cajigas v. Florida
  17. 17-1124Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee v. Beverly McMahon
  18. 17-1125Brian Alexis v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  19. 17-1126Nathan Sebastien Ackermann v. CVS Pharmacy
  20. 17-1128Mazen Alotaibi v. Nevada
  21. 17-1139Andrew B. Aames v. United States
  22. 17-1141Tyrosh Brown v. City of Grand Rapids, Michigan
  23. 17-1144Patrick Cook v. Melissa Mays
  24. 17-1145Jose Teofilo Quinteros v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General
  25. 17-1158Geraldine Mills v. Nathan Reichle
  26. 17-1162U1IT4less, Inc., dba NYBikerGear v. FedEx Corporation
  27. 17-1166Zoran Zuza v. Office of the High Representative
  28. 17-1167Benjamin J. Wilkinson v. Missouri
  29. 17-1169Philip M. Kleinsmith v. Colorado
  30. 17-1170DRK Photo v. McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC
  31. 17-1181Keith Allen Kiefer v. Isanti County, Minnesota
  32. 17-1182Press Communications, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission
  33. 17-1196Libertarian Party of Colorado v. Wayne W. Williams, Colorado Secretary of State
  34. 17-1199Marcia Wilson v. Hawaii
  35. 17-1202Erlinda Abibas Aniel v. ResCap Liquidating Trust
  36. 17-1208Josephine Smith v. City of Santa Clara, California
  37. 17-1214Beyond Nuclear v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  38. 17-1219Barry P. Lunderville v. Federal Communications Commission
  39. 17-1224Astati Halim v. California
  40. 17-1230Ronald Goldberg v. United States
  41. 17-1231Palash Benedict D Costa v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General
  42. 17-1238R&R Ground Maintenance Inc. v. Alabama Power Company
  43. 17-1240Robert P. Tuerk v. The Florida Bar
  44. 17-1242James A. Herb v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States
  45. 17-1250Jeff Mercer, LLC v. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
  46. 17-1257Garnet Grant v. Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security
  47. 17-1261Craig Muller v. United States
  48. 17-1262Robert Every v. Department of Veterans Affairs
  49. 17-1265Woodrow J. Jones, Sr. v. Texas Juvenile Justice Department
  50. 17-1266Anna Cranmer v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company
  51. 17-1275Benjamin Minior v. Rhode Island
  52. 17-1278Peter A. Beck v. Ohio
  53. 17-1280OpenRisk, LLC v. MicroStrategy Services Corporation
  54. 17-1281Douglas C. Charnock, Jr. v. Virginia
  55. 17-1293Sonoko Tagami v. City of Chicago, Illinois
  56. 17-1296Leila Robinson Lewis Smith v. Associated Credit Union, Inc.
  57. 17-1310Antonio Minnis v. United States
  58. 17-1312Song U. Chon, aka The Korean v. United States
  59. 17-6674Stuart T. Seugasala v. United States
  60. 17-6681Jason Perry v. United States
  61. 17-6749Albert D. Bell v. Arkansas
  62. 17-6780Devin Smith v. United States
  63. 17-6937John Louis Visciotti v. Ronald Davis, Warden
  64. 17-7042Andrew Joseph Workman v. United States
  65. 17-7045Daniel Clate Acker v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  66. 17-7068Bradley Raymond Clemens v. Colorado
  67. 17-7121Luke T. West v. Carrie L. Rieth
  68. 17-7199Travonn Leon Burtons v. United States
  69. 17-7270Robaenon Trequan Alexis v. United States
  70. 17-7296Deandre Gray v. United States
  71. 17-7306Stacey Ian Humphreys v. Eric Sellers, Warden
  72. 17-7348Quartavious Davis v. United States
  73. 17-7414Adrin Smack v. Delaware
  74. 17-7615Randy R. Smith v. Michigan
  75. 17-7620Ron Morris v. Randall S. Knutson
  76. 17-7631John Taylor Morris, III v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  77. 17-7636Dante Hanalei Pattison v. Cole Morrow, Warden
  78. 17-7638Richard Darrell Trigg v. Mary Katherine Jones
  79. 17-7642Troy Davis v. Jonathan A. Roundtree
  80. 17-7644Joseph Jody Duplichan, Jr. v. Jason Kent, Warden
  81. 17-7650Christopher Everson v. John Armstrong
  82. 17-7654William A. Coyle v. Cynthia A. Jackson
  83. 17-7655Matthew James Leachman v. William Stephens
  84. 17-7659Russell L. Yates v. Florida
  85. 17-7663Dora L. Adkins v. HBL, LLC
  86. 17-7664Adrian Francis Williams v. Florida Department of Corrections
  87. 17-7669Oscar Morales v. Anthony Hedgpeth, Warden
  88. 17-7673Darryl Dunsmore v. California
  89. 17-7675Luis A. Soro v. The Keyes Company
  90. 17-7676Cedric Allen Ricks v. Texas
  91. 17-7683Monice McKee Anderson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  92. 17-7685Wade Greely Lay v. Terry Royal, Warden
  93. 17-7688Ronnie Bowling v. Randy White, Warden
  94. 17-7691Jeannette A. Suarez v. Anthem, Inc., fka WellPoint
  95. 17-7693Joshua Holman v. Jennifer Sachse, Warden
  96. 17-7699James Harrell Brown v. Nora Hunt, Superintendent, Columbus Correctional Facility
  97. 17-7705Vanessa M. Smith v. Superior Court of Georgia, Cobb County
  98. 17-7707Lawrence Curtis Baker, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  99. 17-7708Boaz Pleasant-Bey v. Tennessee
  100. 17-7724Dennis Davis v. Texas
  101. 17-7733Robert W. Bonner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  102. 17-7738Robert A. Cotton v. County of San Bernardino, California
  103. 17-7742Ong Vue v. Janet Dowling, Warden
  104. 17-7746Torrey L. Mackey v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Social Security Administration
  105. 17-7752Michelle Skyy, et vir v. City of Arlington, Texas
  106. 17-7753Lawrence Reed, Jr. v. Eric Arnold, Warden
  107. 17-7754Scott R. Shallcross v. Brian Foster, Warden
  108. 17-7759Jeffrey Scott Long v. Tennessee
  109. 17-7776Joseph Gentile v. New York
  110. 17-7805Alex Pappillion v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
  111. 17-7806Roger Bryner v. City of Clearfield, Utah
  112. 17-7807Artis Anderson v. Vanessa M. Dickson
  113. 17-7812Dony A. Cisneros v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  114. 17-7813Boris Twain Clewis v. Billy D. Hirsch
  115. 17-7816Mark Zana v. Dwight Neven, Warden
  116. 17-7837James Wesley Scott v. Mississippi
  117. 17-7842Peter J. Duart v. Massachusetts
  118. 17-7864Albert F. Iaquinta v. United States
  119. 17-7867Cesar Villa-Gomez v. California
  120. 17-7876Justin Pullman v. California
  121. 17-7882Patricia Havrilla Bean v. United States
  122. 17-7889Vincent Davis, aka Terrell Strong v. Pennsylvania
  123. 17-7892Alan M. Bartlett v. Alaska Bar Association
  124. 17-7896Hector Macias v. Texas
  125. 17-7899Cochise Bahar Lee v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden
  126. 17-7908Lillian Adams v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
  127. 17-7914Anthony Rucano v. New York
  128. 17-7919Henry J. DuLaurence, III v. Arthur G. Telegen
  129. 17-7921Michael Lee Weible v. California
  130. 17-7923John Michael Woodruff v. Kayla Crockett
  131. 17-7927Benjamin David Rettig v. Utah
  132. 17-7936Jamie LaBranche v. Department of Defense
  133. 17-7937Mohsen Khoshmood v. Social Security Administration
  134. 17-7963Pablo Franco v. United States
  135. 17-8050Jesus Barragan v. United States
  136. 17-7972Carolyn Barnes v. Texas
  137. 17-7975Johnny Roy Tarver v. United States
  138. 17-7979A. C. Jackson v. Eric D. Wilson, Warden
  139. 17-7982Ronald Tingle v. United States
  140. 17-7983Ladarrius O'Brian Walker v. United States
  141. 17-7986Kelly H. Wilson v. Cynthia Zubiate
  142. 17-7987Louis Younger v. United States
  143. 17-7990Charles Pete Eyle v. United States
  144. 17-7992Steven Dean v. United States
  145. 17-7995Kevin Leon Mormon v. United States
  146. 17-7996Lunch Philentrope v. United States
  147. 17-7998Christopher McDaniel v. Bonita J. Hoffner, Warden
  148. 17-7999Gloria Navarrete v. United States
  149. 17-8004Andrew U. D. Straw v. United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  150. 17-8006Kerry Brooks v. United States
  151. 17-8007Patrick Jacques v. United States
  152. 17-8011Carlton J. Blount v. United States
  153. 17-8014Michael Bolden v. United States
  154. 17-8015Yancy D. Cook v. Steven R. Bayle
  155. 17-8016Larry Egan Boatwright v. United States
  156. 17-8021Yulian Carrillo-Tamayo v. United States
  157. 17-8023Adan Hernandez-Nunez v. United States
  158. 17-8024Ivory Lee Harris v. United States
  159. 17-8025William A. Owens v. Tracy Ray, Warden
  160. 17-8026Conrado Partida-Calles v. United States
  161. 17-8028James Rains v. Willie O. Smith, Warden
  162. 17-8030Rayshawn Bethany v. New York
  163. 17-8033Joshua David Lambert v. Washington
  164. 17-8036Eric T. Alston v. City of Madison, Wisconsin
  165. 17-8037Chima Columbus Akobundu v. United States
  166. 17-8038Stephen Maurice Burks v. United States
  167. 17-8039William Crittenden v. United States
  168. 17-8044Geoffrey Thomas Gattis v. United States
  169. 17-8045David Mark Frentz v. Richard Brown, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility
  170. 17-8047Nathan Wayne Smith v. United States
  171. 17-8048Dean Paul Stitz v. United States
  172. 17-8049Arnulfo Rodriguez v. United States
  173. 17-8051Miguel Adorno v. Michael Melvin, Warden
  174. 17-8052Terry Bridgewater v. United States
  175. 17-8055Abdi Razaq Abshir Osman and Mohamed Abdi Jama v. United States
  176. 17-8057Delano Marco Medina v. Johnny Choate
  177. 17-8060Luis Builes v. S. M. Kuta, Warden
  178. 17-8061Guy Christopher Mannino v. United States
  179. 17-8063Joseph Alan James v. United States
  180. 17-8068John Albritton v. United States
  181. 17-8070Blake Sandlain v. Nicole English, Warden
  182. 17-8075James Phillips v. United States
  183. 17-8076Santos Miranda-Martinez v. United States
  184. 17-8078Joseph Irven Powell v. United States
  185. 17-8086Willie Lindsey Sylvester, Jr. v. United States
  186. 17-8087Francisco Sanchez v. United States
  187. 17-8090Steven Asir Thomas v. United States
  188. 17-8092Robert Adrian Trujillo v. United States
  189. 17-8093Edward Donnell Ammons v. United States
  190. 17-8094Wayne C. Benton v. United States
  191. 17-8095Maqsood Haroon v. United States
  192. 17-8100Cameron Jones v. United States
  193. 17-8101Jamison Ross Ellis v. United States
  194. 17-8103James H. Campbell v. United States
  195. 17-8104Michael Short v. United States
  196. 17-8106Octavio Raya-Ortega v. United States
  197. 17-8107Adam Main v. United States
  198. 17-8108Othon Robledo-Cruz v. United States
  199. 17-8110James Bernard Jones, Jr. v. United States
  200. 17-8111Joseph Emil Klug v. Nicole English, Warden
  201. 17-8114Jiten Jay Nanda and Atul Nanda v. United States
  202. 17-8115Robert Edward Torres v. United States
  203. 17-8119Justin Curtis Werle v. United States
  204. 17-8120Kurtis Lee Wortley v. United States
  205. 17-8121David Barrera-Valdivia v. United States
  206. 17-8123Derek Woollam v. Massachusetts
  207. 17-8125Fredrick Lynn Cain v. United States
  208. 17-8126Francine Silver v. ResCap Borrower Claims Trust
  209. 17-8127Yasith Chhun v. United States
  210. 17-8131Cesar Coutino-Lopez v. United States
  211. 17-8132Robby Alan Murphy v. United States
  212. 17-8136Dontavious M. Blake v. United States
  213. 17-8137Patrick Samir Asfour v. United States
  214. 17-8140Jescell Whittle v. United States
  215. 17-8141Jason Wild v. United States
  216. 17-8142Maximo Corral-Garcia v. United States
  217. 17-8143Andrew U. D. Straw v. Curtis Hill, Attorney General of Indiana
  218. 17-8144Jennifer Sanders v. United States
  219. 17-8155Jennifer Martin Del Campo v. United States
  220. 17-8158William A. Latta v. Georgia
  221. 17-8159Dustin A. King v. Marion County Circuit Court
  222. 17-8172Derek Carr, aka Jinx v. United States
  223. 17-8173Shaun Chapman v. United States
  224. 17-8177Anthony Kendall v. United States
  225. 17-8178Antonio Johnson v. United States
  226. 17-8179Michael S. Bowe v. United States
  227. 17-8182Lazaro Robbio v. United States
  228. 17-8183Randy Lee Sampson v. United States
  229. 17-8184Aaron Ramos v. United States
  230. 17-8191Daniel Morin v. United States
  231. 17-8194Julius Ferrell Black v. United States
  232. 17-8195Aaron Beasley v. United States
  233. 17-8196Burl Bailey Blaylock, IV v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  234. 17-923Mark Anthony Reid v. Christopher Donelan, Sheriff, Franklin County, MassachusettsThe petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment is denied.
  235. 17-1108Medical Device Business Services, Inc., fka DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Antoni Nargol and David LangtonThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  236. 17-6261Donald Fell v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor and Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  237. 17-7715Jorge Casanova v. Robert Ulibarri, WardenThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  238. 17-7829Margaret Bach v. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County
  239. 17-7831Margaret Bach v. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Milwaukee CountyThe motions of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis are denied, and the petitions for writs of certiorari are dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
  240. 17-8077Alan Sam Poulnott v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Habeas corpus denied1

  1. 17-8258In Re Glen Dale SpiveyThe petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.

Mandamus denied2

  1. 17-7702In Re John B. Bell
  2. 17-7735In Re Cornelius ClemonsThe petitions for writs of mandamus are denied.

Rehearings denied21

  1. 17-607Robert L. Jarrett, Jr. v. California Department of Health Care Services
  2. 17-757Patricia Ragland McGehee, et vir v. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways
  3. 17-798Diane Holbrook v. Ronnies LLC
  4. 17-824Ray Wilbur Payn v. Gerald E. Kelley
  5. 17-833Roger J. Lucas v. Colorado State Public Defender
  6. 17-892Body By Cook, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  7. 17-943Phillip James Ostrander v. Virginia
  8. 17-6738Celestine G. Thompson v. Annette Newsome
  9. 17-6743Alan Justin Smith v. Washington
  10. 17-6903In Re Arthur Rouse
  11. 17-6940Patricia Monet Conner v. Department of Education
  12. 17-7031Charles Bailey v. Warfield & Rohr
  13. 17-7053Neil J. Gillespie v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions
  14. 17-7054Neil J. Gillespie v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions
  15. 17-7060In Re Larry Charles
  16. 17-7093Patricia Roosa v. Florida
  17. 17-7098Edgar Julian Dietrich v. City of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
  18. 17-7101Anthony Spencer Green, Sr. v. Creighton/CHI Health
  19. 17-7303Harold B. Rotte v. United States
  20. 17-7318Glenda Ann Smith v. City of Wyoming, Ohio
  21. 17-7361Jotham Rafael Simmons v. United StatesThe petitions for rehearing are denied.

Attorney discipline3

  1. D-3007IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF ALEXANDER J. GUREVICHAlexander J. Gurevich, of Greenwich, Connecticut, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of November 27, 2017; and a rule having been issued and served upon him requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and a response having been filed; It is ordered that Alexander J. Gurevich is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  2. D-3023IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF KINSLEY FRAMPTON NYCEKinsley Frampton Nyce, of Columbus, Ohio, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  3. D-3028IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF STEPHEN HOWARD SACKSStephen Howard Sacks, of Baltimore, Maryland, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.