Supreme Court Report

Order list

Monday, April 30, 2018

3 granted · 138 denied · 1 habeas denied · 1 mandamus denied · 18 rehearings denied · 4 in pending cases · The Court’s PDF · 584 U.S.

Certiorari granted3

  1. 17-961Theodore H. Frank v. Paloma Gaos, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
  2. 17-988Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Frank VarelaThe petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.
  3. 17-8151Russell Bucklew v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of CorrectionsThe motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. In addition to the questions presented in the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following Question: Whether petitioner met his burden under Glossip v. Gross, 576 U. S. ___ (2015), to prove what procedures would be used to administer his proposed alternative method of execution, the severity and duration of pain likely to be produced, and how they compare to the State's method of execution.

Orders in pending cases4

  1. 17M106DOE, JOHN V. UNITED STATESThe motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record is denied.
  2. 17M107LOTHIAN CASSIDY, ET AL. V. LOTHIAN EXPLORATION, ET AL.The motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time is denied.
  3. 17M108ALEXSAM, INC. V. WILDCARD SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL.The motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal is granted.
  4. 17-312United States v. Rene Sanchez-GomezThe motion of respondent Rene Sanchez-Gomez for appointment of counsel is granted, and Ellis M. Johnston, III, Esquire, of San Diego, California, is appointed to serve as counsel for respondent Rene Sanchez-Gomez in this case.

Certiorari denied138

  1. 16-778LICCI, YAAKOV, ET AL. V. LEBANESE CANADIAN BANK
  2. 16-1526CELGARD, LLC V. IANCU, ANDREI
  3. 17-39Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. v. Movea, Inc.
  4. 17-110Paice LLC v. Ford Motor Company
  5. 17-111Paice LLC v. Ford Motor Company
  6. 17-112Paice LLC v. Ford Motor Company
  7. 17-113Paice LLC v. Ford Motor Company
  8. 17-114Depomed, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  9. 17-116Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  10. 17-117Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  11. 17-159IPR Licensing, Inc. v. ZTE Corporation
  12. 17-214Security People, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  13. 17-220Paice LLC v. Ford Motor Company
  14. 17-221Paice LLC v. Ford Motor Company
  15. 17-222Paice LLC v. Ford Motor Company
  16. 17-229Paice LLC v. Ford Motor Company
  17. 17-232Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  18. 17-233Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  19. 17-330Integrated Claims Systems, LLC v. Travelers Lloyds of Texas Insurance Company
  20. 17-349Skky, Inc. v. MindGeek, s.a.r.l.
  21. 17-357Google LLC v. Unwired Planet, LLC
  22. 17-408Outdry Technologies Corporation v. Geox S.p.A.
  23. 17-535TransPerfect Global, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  24. 17-617C-Cation Technologies, LLC v. Arris Group, Inc.
  25. 17-643AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
  26. 17-656Audatex North America, Inc. v. Mitchell International, Inc.
  27. 17-751Nidec Motor Corporation v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co., Ltd.
  28. 17-768Hitachi Metals, Ltd. v. Alliance of Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Industry
  29. 17-787Enova Technology Corp. v. Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc.
  30. 17-819Ameren Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission
  31. 17-859The Hertz Corporation v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco
  32. 17-862Maricopa County, Arizona v. Manuela Villa
  33. 17-914Livingston Christian Schools v. Genoa Charter Township
  34. 17-915North Coast Railroad Authority v. Friends of the Eel River
  35. 17-1009Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  36. 17-1018Uniloc USA, Inc. v. SEGA of America, Inc.
  37. 17-1043Worldwide Oilfield Machine, Inc. v. Ameriforge Group, Inc.
  38. 17-1052Letantia Bussell v. United States
  39. 17-1127Thomas E. Proctor Heirs Trust v. Cornwall Mountain Investments, L.P.
  40. 17-1161Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. v. John Hubanks
  41. 17-1168Mark Long v. South Dakota
  42. 17-1173Webster Williams, Jr. v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
  43. 17-1186Gregory Luce v. Town of Campbell, Wisconsin
  44. 17-1190Thomas M. Utterback v. Trustmark National Bank
  45. 17-1191Enrique P. Gomez v. Texas
  46. 17-1192Yosef Gavriel Tirat-Gefen v. Celia Batista Almeida
  47. 17-1195Richard Lee Wann v. St. Francois County, Missouri
  48. 17-1209Barclays PLC v. Joseph Waggoner
  49. 17-1254John S. Barth v. United States
  50. 17-1256Roxann J. Franklin-Mason v. United States
  51. 17-1260Karen Mobley v. Tom Leatherwood
  52. 17-1263Irina Sukhova v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General
  53. 17-1267Kamaldeep Kaur Sandhu v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General
  54. 17-1323James Bryson Graham v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  55. 17-1350Ronen Nahmani v. United States
  56. 17-1362Charles V. Schneider v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  57. 17-1367Industrial Models, Inc. v. SNF, Inc.
  58. 17-1380Christopher Chapman, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  59. 17-1381In Re Grand Jury Subpoenas Returnable December 16, 2015
  60. 17-6338Manuel Ramiro Martinez-Rivera v. United States
  61. 17-6562Emiliano Saucedo-Rios v. United States
  62. 17-6596Larun E. Miller v. United States
  63. 17-7085Gloria Gonzalez v. Arizona, ex rel. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona
  64. 17-7157Michael Lee Snyder v. United States
  65. 17-7173Miguel Angel Martinez-Cerda v. United States
  66. 17-7607Michael Bradley Westover v. United States
  67. 17-7845John Corban Ogletree v. Texas
  68. 17-7848John Ortega v. Illinois
  69. 17-7850Kevin Phillip v. Barry McArdle
  70. 17-7851Jim L. McPherson v. Illinois
  71. 17-7853Chadwick Willacy v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  72. 17-7856Brenda Fay Nelson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  73. 17-7865Joseph C. Garcia v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  74. 17-7891Barry J. Bluefeld v. Barry S. Cohen
  75. 17-7900Brian Norwood v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  76. 17-7903Jonathan Ray Thomas v. Oklahoma
  77. 17-7904Aaron Wilson v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
  78. 17-7907John Eric Ochoa v. New Mexico
  79. 17-7911Jean Pierre Rices v. California
  80. 17-7917Benjamin Espinoza v. Joseph L. McGrath, Warden
  81. 17-7922DeCarlo Worth v. New York
  82. 17-7926Robert Antwain Stanback v. Faye Daniels
  83. 17-7933Alan Virgil Brumfield v. Natchitoches Parish Detention Center
  84. 17-7943Sloan Stanley v. Washington
  85. 17-7945Lavelle D. Richardson v. Cynthia Link, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford
  86. 17-7951Shomara M. Austin v. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
  87. 17-7956John Michael Tedesco v. Pennsylvania
  88. 17-7973Roosevelt W., et ux. v. Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
  89. 17-7985Kenneth R. Wright v. Connie Horton, Warden
  90. 17-7997Chinda Nomesiri v. J. Price
  91. 17-8001Elijah White Ratcliff v. Texas
  92. 17-8029Michael Izell Seals, aka Michael Izell Seals-Brown v. Jeffrey Llopis
  93. 17-8062Bernard Kelly v. Tony Trierweiler, Warden
  94. 17-8064Dondrell Joseph Chandler, Jr. v. United States
  95. 17-8079Christopher Pyles v. William Spiller
  96. 17-8088Joseph Alvin Royster v. Tim Shoop, Warden
  97. 17-8133Sherell Warfield v. Illinois
  98. 17-8218William Nathaniel Washington v. Marc Diamond
  99. 17-8227David Cramer v. City of Auburn, California
  100. 17-8229David Mathias v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville
  101. 17-8233Anthony C. Willoughby v. United States
  102. 17-8238William A. White v. United States
  103. 17-8251Joshua Ortiz v. United States
  104. 17-8252Pedro Orellano v. United States
  105. 17-8259Cesar Sevilla-Acosta v. United States
  106. 17-8276John Douglas Alexander v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden
  107. 17-8287Ashlei Renee Robinson v. United States
  108. 17-8293Melissa Veatch v. United States
  109. 17-8300Ray Leonard Stamper, III v. United States
  110. 17-8303Carl A. Courtright, III v. United States
  111. 17-8307Norris Williams v. United States
  112. 17-8308Anthony Whitewater v. United States
  113. 17-8310Steven A. DeLoge v. DeSoto County Sheriff's Department
  114. 17-8316Mark J. Zimny v. United States
  115. 17-8317Ishmael Baith Ford-Bey v. United States
  116. 17-8318Cordell Felix v. United States
  117. 17-8320Vivek Shah v. Francisco J. Quintana, Warden
  118. 17-8322Lyle Roger Harrison v. Illinois
  119. 17-8323Travis Jason Winstead v. United States
  120. 17-8330Robert Baez, aka Roberto Baez v. United States
  121. 17-8337Dominic Evans, aka Flatline v. United States
  122. 17-8342Daniel J. Taylor, aka Danny J. Taylor, aka Billy J. Taylor, aka Germaine L. Taylor, aka Joseph Taylor v. United States
  123. 17-8343Marlon A. Wilson v. United States
  124. 17-8377John William Johnson v. United States
  125. 17-8379Juan Geraldo Arredondo v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  126. 17-558Linkgine, Inc. v. VigLink, Inc.The motion of petitioner to defer consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  127. 17-707KIP CR P1 LP, Successor in Title to Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. Oracle Corporation
  128. 17-708KIP CR P1 LP, Successor in Title to Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.The petitions for writs of certiorari are denied. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these petitions.
  129. 17-756Public Service Company of New Mexico v. Lorraine BarboanThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  130. 17-1084Colorado v. Bernardino Fuentes-EspinozaThe motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  131. 17-1249Cornelio Dela Cruz Sales, Jr. v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney GeneralThe motion of petitioner to defer consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  132. 17-1341Vincent John Basciano v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  133. 17-1355Teresa R. Manning v. Carolyn JonesThe motion of National Association of Legal Scholars, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  134. 17-8056Henry Johan Medrano v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney GeneralThe petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment is denied.
  135. 17-8278Masoud Bamdad v. United States
  136. 17-8313James St. Louis v. DelawareThe 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. As the petitioners have repeatedly abused this Court's process, the Clerk is directed not to accept any further petitions in noncriminal matters from petitioners unless the docketing fees required by Rule 38(a) are paid and the petitions are submitted in compliance with Rule 33.1. See Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1 (1992) (per curiam).
  137. 17-8333Raymond A. Collins, aka Ray, aka Ron Turner v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  138. 17-8341Jose Rios-Morales v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Habeas corpus denied1

  1. 17-8425In Re Martize J. Sevion-ElThe petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.

Mandamus denied1

  1. 17-7918In Re John V. ColenThe petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition is denied.

Rehearings denied18

  1. 17-1006Robert C. Laity v. New York
  2. 17-1028In Re Michael H. Wu, et ux.
  3. 17-1131Warren Adam Taylor v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
  4. 17-6500Danny Howell v. Richard Brown, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility
  5. 17-6933Cloretha White Peak v. United States
  6. 17-7017Monzelle L. Steptoe v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  7. 17-7018Ricardo Enriquez Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  8. 17-7063Theresa Odejimi v. Town of Windsor, New York
  9. 17-7160Shaka, aka Timothy L. Malumphy v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections
  10. 17-7249Mauricio Baez Romero v. DHL Express (USA), Inc.
  11. 17-7278Douglas Weissert v. Carmen Palmer, Warden
  12. 17-7314Robert Alan Lillie v. Carlos Hernandez, Warden
  13. 17-7327Karl Cotton, aka Karl Cornelius-Cotton v. Supreme Court of the United States
  14. 17-7450Barbara Darby v. David J. Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  15. 17-7466In Re Joe Cervantes
  16. 17-7470Santiago Rios v. Scott Lewis, Warden
  17. 17-7487Jorge A. Martinez v. United States
  18. 17-7565Jerry Lester Jackson v. United StatesThe petitions for rehearing are denied.