Monday, February 25, 2019

1 granted · 7 GVRs · 202 denied · 1 habeas denied · 24 rehearings denied · 4 in pending cases · The Court’s PDF · 586 U.S.

Certiorari granted1

18-328Kevin C. Rotkiske v. Paul KlemmThe petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

Summary dispositions7

17-5018Steven Klikno v. United StatesThe 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 Seventh Circuit in light of Stokeling v. United States, 586 U. S. ___ (2019).
17-8401Jimmy Lee Franklin v. United StatesThe 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 Eleventh Circuit in light of the position asserted by the Solicitor General in his brief for the United States filed on July 6, 2018.
17-8740Joseph Van Sach v. United States
17-9399Ernest D. Shields 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 Seventh Circuit in light of Stokeling v. United States, 586 U. S. ___ (2019).
18-5213Dawn Baker v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social SecurityThe 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 Eleventh Circuit for further consideration in light of that court’s opinion in Washington v. Commissioner of Social Security, 906 F.3d 1353 (CA11 2018).
18-6177Tony Lipscomb v. United States
18-6369Lashon Browning 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 Seventh Circuit in light of Stokeling v. United States, 586 U. S. ___ (2019).

Orders in pending cases4

18M103HOM, JOHN C. V. UNITED STATESThe motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time under Rule 14.5 is denied.
18M104GRIGSBY, PHILIP A. V. BALTAZAR, WARDENThe motion for leave to proceed as a veteran is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
17-1606Ricky Lee Smith v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social SecurityThe motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General is granted, and the time is divided as follows: 15 minutes for petitioner, 15 minutes for the Solicitor General, and 30 minutes for Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below.
18-315Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Billy Joe HuntThe motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.

Certiorari denied202

Habeas corpus denied1

18-7681In Re Erasmo AguinagaThe petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.

Rehearings denied24