Supreme Court Report

Order list

Monday, March 4, 2019

1 granted · 99 denied · 2 habeas denied · 21 rehearings denied · 8 in pending cases · 1 discipline · 1 order · The Court’s PDF · 586 U.S.

Certiorari granted1

  1. 18-801Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. NantKwest, Inc.The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

Orders in pending cases8

  1. 18M105CALDWELL, NATHANIEL V. ROBERTS, WARDENThe motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time is denied.
  2. 18M106SHAMPINE, LATEFAH V. LEE, CLAIRE, 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.
  3. 18M107COX, WALLACE D., ET UX. V. UNITED STATES, ET AL.
  4. 18M108DYSON, DAVID R. V. BRENNAN, POSTMASTER GEN.
  5. 18M109KATZ, RICHARD V. BD. OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, ET AL.
  6. 18M110JENNIFER A. V. GREGORY M., ET AL.
  7. 18M111LEBRON, JOHN W. V. UNITED STATESThe motions to direct the Clerk to file petitions for writs of certiorari out of time are denied.
  8. 17-1705PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc.The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.

Orders1

  1. 17-9044Abel Heriberto Fabian-Baltazar 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 Ninth Circuit for further consideration in light of Garza v. Idaho, 586 U. S. ___ (2019).

Certiorari denied99

  1. 18-384Papierfabrik August Koehler SE v. United States
  2. 18-450Utah Republican Party v. Spencer J. Cox, Lieutenant Governor of Utah
  3. 18-534Well Luck Company, Inc. v. United States
  4. 18-555Marquette County Road Commission v. Environmental Protection Agency
  5. 18-648Burdette Searcey v. James L. Dean
  6. 18-746County of Los Angeles, California v. Angel Mendez
  7. 18-815T. B., Jr., By and Through His Parents, T. B., Sr., et ux. v. Prince George’s County Board of Education
  8. 18-819Victoria Vasconcellos v. Debra Hamlin
  9. 18-840Steven Leon Banks v. Vincent Myron Gore
  10. 18-862Michael J. Daugherty v. Alain H. Sheer
  11. 18-883Joaquin Ledesma-Conchas v. William P. Barr, Attorney General
  12. 18-885Bennie Kennedy v. Schneider Electric, fka Square D Company
  13. 18-920Margaret Adeline Veltre v. Fifth Third Bank
  14. 18-927Emmanuel I. Mekowulu v. United States
  15. 18-967Marisol Micheo-Acevedo v. Stericycle of Puerto Rico, Inc.
  16. 18-977John A. Anderson v. John F. Walrath, Warden
  17. 18-1005Eileen L. Zell v. Katherine M. Klingelhafer
  18. 18-1009United States, ex rel. Muge Cody v. ManTech International Corporation
  19. 18-1011Iveth Rodriguez Lopez v. ReadyOne Industries, Inc.
  20. 18-1018Andrew Bennett v. Jefferson County, Alabama
  21. 18-1021Travis Hawkins v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  22. 18-6207Manuel Ernesto Paiz Guevara v. United States
  23. 18-6306Amy Hebert v. James Rogers, Warden
  24. 18-6482Roger Alfred Anchundia-Espinoza v. United States
  25. 18-6569Mark Lee Murray v. United States
  26. 18-6780Joan E. Farr v. Daryl Davis
  27. 18-6807Larry M. Slusser v. United States
  28. 18-6845Edward Mitchell v. Lawrence Mahally, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas
  29. 18-6869Mario Andrette McNeill v. North Carolina
  30. 18-6916Troy Lincoln Powell v. California
  31. 18-7190Zachary Q. Wicks v. Jon H. Radnothy
  32. 18-7211Frank M. Monte v. Joe Kessling
  33. 18-7213Akash Dixit v. Christopher Brasher, Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
  34. 18-7218Samuel Berhe v. Johnson Oleseha
  35. 18-7220Pashtoon Farooqi v. California
  36. 18-7221Kevin Abdul Gilbert v. Washington Department of Corrections
  37. 18-7223Jesse Lloyd Hall v. Daniel Paramo, Warden
  38. 18-7295Earnest Barnes v. Florida
  39. 18-7316Alice Annette Howell v. NuCar Connection, Inc.
  40. 18-7319Charles J. Greene v. Alabama Department of Revenue
  41. 18-7339Earl Reyes v. Michael Duggan
  42. 18-7347Arthur J. Freer v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
  43. 18-7362Roy O. Daniels v. Florida
  44. 18-7402Robert Shapiro v. United States
  45. 18-7405Gary Lee Beason v. Indiana
  46. 18-7415Anthony James Scott v. California
  47. 18-7479Farrell Haycraft v. Indiana
  48. 18-7505Demian Pina v. United States
  49. 18-7511Edwin J. Ortiz-Fagot v. United States
  50. 18-7541Adrian G. Rangel v. Tippecanoe County, Indiana
  51. 18-7557Terveus Hyppolite v. United States
  52. 18-7560Marcus Leland Freeman v. United States
  53. 18-7561Juan Guzman v. United States
  54. 18-7563Lynce P. Foster v. United States
  55. 18-7566Pedro Goris, aka Pedro Goriz, aka Pedro Abreu v. United States
  56. 18-7567Ron Collins v. United States
  57. 18-7611Terrance E. Everett v. Delaware
  58. 18-7612Nathaniel Bowens v. United States
  59. 18-7621Jacoby Burns v. United States
  60. 18-7627Tavis Labron Houpe v. United States
  61. 18-7632Abraham Grant v. Wendy Kelly, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
  62. 18-7642Kirk Lassend v. United States
  63. 18-7645Alhan Sanchez v. United States
  64. 18-7646Jesse Sawyer v. United States
  65. 18-7649Sergeyi Bazar v. United States
  66. 18-7660LaBarrion Harris v. James Deal, Warden
  67. 18-7663Randy Jason Ford v. United States
  68. 18-7668Patricio Paladin v. United States
  69. 18-7669Bertulio Moreno-Alvarez v. United States
  70. 18-7675Eric Hayes v. United States
  71. 18-7678Alfonso Hernandez v. United States
  72. 18-7679Jeriton Lavar Curry v. United States
  73. 18-7682Stacie Demers v. United States
  74. 18-7692Byron Anthony Horn v. United States
  75. 18-7699Facundo Ruiz-Ruiz v. United States
  76. 18-7700Luther Gene Ray v. United States
  77. 18-7707Antonio Anguiano v. United States
  78. 18-7711Christopher Fitzgerald v. United States
  79. 18-7712Andre Mims v. United States
  80. 18-7715Jose Flores v. United States
  81. 18-7716Jesse Ingram, Jr. v. United States
  82. 18-7717Byrion Demeco Ferguson v. United States
  83. 18-7737Tyshawn Simmons v. United States
  84. 18-7740Esequiel Joel Rodriguez v. United States
  85. 18-7742Luis A. Serna v. County of Hennepin, Minnesota
  86. 18-7745Alrick A. Evans v. Connecticut
  87. 18-7750Ronald Morrobel v. United States
  88. 18-7759Travis Buckner v. United States
  89. 18-7766Rishawn Lamar Reeder v. Cecelia Reynolds, Warden
  90. 18-7773Jose Jorge Espinoza-Mendoza v. United States
  91. 18-7794John M. Krott v. Scott May, WardenThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  92. 18-684Patti Stevens-Rucker, Administrator of the Estate of Jason White, Deceased v. John FrenzThe motion of The Rutherford Institute for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  93. 18-704Ross Abbott v. Harris PastidesThe motion of First Amendment Clinics at Duke Law, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The motion of the South Carolina ACLU, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  94. 18-7225Neil Gillespie v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc.The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8. As the petitioner has repeatedly abused this Court's process, the Clerk is directed not to accept any further petitions in noncriminal matters from petitioner unless the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) is paid and the petition is submitted in compliance with Rule 33.1. See Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1 (1992) (per curiam).
  95. 18-7538Jeffrey Russo v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent for the reasons set out in Brown v. United States, 586 U. S. ___ (2018) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting).
  96. 18-7544Briand Williams v. California
  97. 18-7545Briand Williams v. CaliforniaThe 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.
  98. 18-7616Rodrigo Tovar Pupo v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  99. 18-7674Michael S. Gorbey v. Michael McCall, WardenThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. The Chief Justice and Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Habeas corpus denied2

  1. 18-7856In Re John Peyton Alexander
  2. 18-7890In Re Jose Joaquin RamirezThe petitions for writs of habeas corpus are denied.

Rehearings denied21

  1. 17-8059Maurice Jammorow Beavers, aka Chris Stokes, aka Frank Monroe West, aka Shadrian Beavers, aka Reese v. United States
  2. 17-8685Yolanda Bell v. Inova Health Care, dba Inova Fairfax Hospital
  3. 18-5057James T. Bagby v. William Hyatte, Warden
  4. 18-5120Kenneth P. Nelson v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
  5. 18-5355Del Ray Sanders v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  6. 18-5896Beverly Allen Baker v. United States
  7. 18-5989Gary Dan Bilbo, Sr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  8. 18-6038Carlos D. Villavicencio v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  9. 18-6239Sean P. Reilly v. Guelsy M. Herrera
  10. 18-6365Angel Bartlett v. Michigan
  11. 18-6509John Tedesco v. Monroe County, Pennsylvania
  12. 18-6517Aretha D. Brown v. Elite Modeling Agency
  13. 18-6575Finess Edward Stokes v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  14. 18-6661Bryan Christopher Samuel v. United States
  15. 18-6676Herve Wilmore, Jr. v. United States
  16. 18-6841Robert K. Stewart v. North Carolina
  17. 18-6941John Leslie Chapman v. Robert Lampert, Director, Wyoming Department of CorrectionsThe petitions for rehearing are denied.
  18. 18-5578Antonio U. Akel v. United StatesThe petition for rehearing is denied. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  19. 18-5704Robert Austin v. District Attorney of Philadelphia County, PennsylvaniaThe petition for rehearing is denied. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  20. 18-6376Adem Albra v. Board of Trustees of Miami Dade CollegeThe petition for rehearing is denied. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  21. 18-6291Steven H. Cook v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsThe motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing is denied.

Attorney discipline1

  1. D-3030IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF MARTIN BARNETT REINERMartin Barnett Reiner, of Beverly Hills, California, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of October 29, 2018; 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 Martin Barnett Reiner is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.