Order list

Monday, January 27, 2020

137 denied · 1 habeas denied · 4 mandamus denied · 13 rehearings denied · 9 in pending cases · 11 discipline · 1 order · The Court’s PDF · 589 U.S.

Orders in pending cases9

19A729Comfort Delando Roberts v. Texas (19-6971)The application to recall and stay mandate addressed to Justice Sotomayor and referred to the Court is denied.
19M92OWENS, JULIAN D. V. UNIVERSITY OF SC, ET AL.The motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time is denied.
19M93PATTERSON, MAECHEL S. V. USDC ED NCThe motion for leave to proceed as a veteran is denied.
19M94SANTA, ERASMO V. HERR, MARIA T., 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. 65, ORIG. TEXAS V. NEW MEXICO The motion for review of the River Master's final determination is set for oral argument in due course. 142, ORIG. FLORIDA v. GEORGIA The Second Report of the Special Master is received and ordered filed. Exceptions to the Report, with supporting briefs, may be filed within 45 days. Replies, if any, with supporting briefs, may be filed within 30 days. Sur-replies, if any, with supporting briefs, may be filed within 30 days. The motion for allowance of fees and disbursements filed by the Special Master’s assistant is granted, and the Special Master’s assistant is awarded a total of $10,036.43, for the period November 6, 2018, through December 5, 2019, to be paid equally by the parties.
18-9526Jimcy McGirt v. OklahomaThe motion for appointment of counsel is granted, and Ian H. Gershengorn, Esq., of Washington, D.C., is appointed to serve as counsel for petitioner.
19-373James Walker v. United StatesIt appearing that petitioner died on January 22, 2020, the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed.
19-465Peter B. Chiafalo, Levi Jennet Guerra, and Esther Virginia John v. Washington
19-518Colorado Department of State v. Micheal BacaPetitioners in No. 19-465 and respondents in No. 19-518 shall file opening and reply briefs on the merits under the schedule set forth in Rules 25.1 and 25.3. Respondent in No. 19-465 and petitioner in No. 19-518 shall file response briefs on the merits under the schedule set forth in Rule 25.2.
19-648CACI Premier Technology, Inc. v. Suhail Najim Abdulla Al ShimariThe Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

Orders1

19-6684Rakeem Asaad Davis 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 for further consideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 588 U. S. ___ (2019).

Certiorari denied137

19-353Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG LLC
19-510Jose Javier Banegas Gomez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General
19-517Daniel Barbosa v. Department of Homeland Security
19-522Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG LLC
19-534Lahim Kadria v. William P. Barr, Attorney General
19-551Ronald Calzone v. Eric Olson, Superintendent, Missouri State Highway Patrol
19-574Sheila J. Poole, Commissioner, New York State Office of Children and Family Services v. New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children
19-582Sara Ann Edmondson v. Lilliston Ford Inc.
19-651John P. DeRose v. Village of Orland Park, Illinois
19-654Kaleida Health, dba Buffalo General Medical Center v. Kathleen Biondo
19-658J. G., By and Through His Parents, Howard Greenberg, et ux. v. Hawaii Department of Education
19-660David Silver v. Hamrick & Evans, LLP
19-674James L. Martin v. National General Assurance Company
19-681Andrew W. Shalaby v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
19-683Jermaine Lenard Moss v. Kenny Atkinson, Warden
19-684Darrell Saunders, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
19-696Dan Haendel v. Anne Reed
19-697James Dwight Pavatt v. Tommy Sharp, Interim Warden
19-700Luis A. Ramos González v. Scotiabank de Puerto Rico
19-705John F. Sharpe v. United States
19-712Hamp's Construction, LLC v. Inland Marine Services, L.L.C.
19-724Keith Y. Arakaki v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General
19-762Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
19-772Albert Diaz v. United States
19-809Michael Bonin v. United States
19-5638Jeffrey E. Lee v. Florida
19-5889Jonathan Torres-Arroyo v. New Jersey
19-6094Andres Herrera-Segovia v. United States
19-6191K. N., et ux. v. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
19-6214Luis Fuquen v. Trina Everitt
19-6289Brian Thomas Mohr v. United States
19-6306Jonathan Mota v. United States
19-6320Nalen Pierre Williams v. United States
19-6372Kelby Germaine Parson v. United States
19-6655Terrence Leonard Mathis v. United States
19-6657Rikisha S. Smith v. Dr. Scott
19-6660Ronald Fay Schermerhorn, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
19-6681Louis Milton Willis v. Territory of the Virgin Islands
19-6690Molly Ann Mahany v. City of Buffalo Police Department
19-6694Tim Sundy v. Martha C. Christian, Judge
19-6695Ilana Rigwan v. Jordan Lee Neus
19-6713Derek Tyler Horton v. Sam Cochran
19-6714Keith D. Goodman v. Eddie Pearson, Warden
19-6722Robin Leach, Jr. v. United States
19-6724Lorie Anne Gunderson Zarum, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Theodore Lee Gunderson v. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
19-6727Tyrone Marvin Andrews v. Noah Nagy, Warden
19-6728Jose Anthony Heredia v. Florida
19-6730Cameron A. Harinarain v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon
19-6731Travell Henry v. Patrick Warren, Warden
19-6732Martin Stanley Ivie v. Washington
19-6733George R. Durham v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania
19-6734Arthur Lopez v. Cheryl Lopez
19-6737Leonard L. Little, Jr. v. Florida
19-6738William Ardas Sarringar v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
19-6741Jose Joaquin Ramirez v. Jeffrey C. Bloom
19-6742Jorge Prieto v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
19-6743Kenneth Dewayne Nelson v. Texas
19-6744Kevin M. Merck v. Minnesota Supreme Court
19-6745Joseph S. Paul v. Florida
19-6749Bryan Keith Johnson v. Florida
19-6750Ronnie R. Ceasar v. Louisiana
19-6754Cesareo Vizcarra Medina v. California
19-6762Fred Martin Wimberley v. Rachel M. Sacramento
19-6763Anthony D. White v. Florida
19-6765Anthony Lee McNair v. North Carolina
19-6767Douglas D. True v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
19-6768Cary VanDerMeulen v. Thomas L. Leclaire
19-6770Vinca S. Chiu v. First Group America
19-6771Larry Wayne Parr v. Simon E. Rodriguez
19-6777Iris Lamar Anderson v. Florida
19-6779Mitchell Stevens v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden
19-6780Darius Kinney v. Ohio
19-6782Adrienne Mallard v. Next Day Temps
19-6787Robert Lee Mitchell v. Miller, Magistrate Judge
19-6788Eber Roblero v. Florida
19-6817Anthony Wheeler v. Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison
19-6822Guy Cozzi v. American Stock Exchange
19-6829Lisa Washington v. Diana Deleon
19-6861Tony L. Henderson v. Arkansas
19-6867Jose Luis Maya v. Department of Homeland Security
19-6900Aldon Smith v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
19-6935Rickie James King v. United States
19-6936Pedro Vigio-Aponte v. United States
19-6947Reinaldo Rodriguez-Martinez v. United States
19-6940Kevin James Petroske v. United States
19-6941Michael Collins v. United States
19-6948Michael Eugene Spry v. United States
19-6953Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States
19-6960Ulriste Tulin v. United States
19-6961Hernan Navarro v. United States
19-6968Brian David Brumbach v. United States
19-6970Monty Dwayne Sullivan v. Wyoming
19-6972Tarsis Guillermo Sanchez-Mora v. United States
19-6973Taiwan Wiggins v. United States
19-6975Jason Lee Bennett v. United States
19-6995Richard Alan King v. United States
19-6998Patrick Kofalt v. United States
19-7006Alvin Andrae Drummond v. United States
19-7008Abraham Hernandez-Zavala v. United States
19-7014Geoffrey Scott Gaffney v. United States
19-7020Nahach Garay v. United States
19-7026James W. Guy v. Ohio
19-7034Charley Joe, Jr. v. United States
19-7035Michael B. Lowry v. United States
19-7038Angela Maxine Lee v. United States
19-7041Pedro L. Ramirez-Rivera v. United States
19-7042Christian Rosado v. United States
19-7044Darmarcus Fisher v. United States
19-7051Adan Reyes-Martinez v. United States
19-7053Jason Dean Barnes v. United States
19-7056Robert Keith Kinsey v. United States
19-7059John Kenneth Schiefer v. United States
19-7062Florentino Villanueva, Jr. v. United States
19-7070Gary R. Tomey, II v. United States
19-7072Tyrone Walker v. United States
19-7075Matthew Rouse v. United States
19-7078Braun Nathan Thompson v. United States
19-7083Leroy L. Perdue v. United States
19-7084Andrew Haley Morcombe v. United States
19-7090Warren Evans, Jr. v. United States
19-7092Laforest Carmichael, aka LaForrest Carmichael v. United States
19-7098Antonio Shaw v. United States
19-7103Edward Merritt v. United States
19-7105Miguel Jilberto Vazquez-Chavarria v. United States
19-7106Peter Woodley v. United States
19-7107Joseph Thor Perkins v. United States
19-7115Alexander Faulkner v. United States
19-7117Vance Edward Ingram, III v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
19-515Baldassare Amato 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.
19-521ChargePoint, Inc. v. SemaConnect, Inc.The motion of Jeremy C. Doerre for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
19-6658Booker Terry Simmons v. United States
19-6670Michael Bridge v. United States
19-6686Darren Kevin Hunter v. United States
19-6689Frank Fernandez v. United States
19-6755Frederick Garcia-Cruz v. United States
19-6759James A. Lackey v. United States
19-6769Steven Hicks v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are 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).

Habeas corpus denied1

19-7147In Re Khayree SmithThe petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.

Mandamus denied4

19-7015In Re Michael F. Harris
19-7047In Re Antwoyn Spencer
19-7049In Re Antwoyn SpencerThe petitions for writs of mandamus are denied.
19-6726In Re Billie ByrdThe petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition is denied.

Rehearings denied13

19-248Walid Jammal v. American Family Insurance Company
19-383Joseph Raimondo v. Denise Page Hood, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
19-406Marilu F. Touma v. The General Counsel of the Regents
19-410In Re Richard J. Fields
19-5885Olufemi S. Collins v. Mark Gonzalez
19-5914Lena Lasher v. Roger Stavis
19-5925Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Peter C. Swarth
19-6074Gerald Nelson v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181-1061, AFL-CIO
19-6121In Re Matthew Lee Staszak
19-6231William Dean Chapman v. United States
19-6251In Re Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi
19-6487Sean M. Donahue v. PennsylvaniaThe petitions for rehearing are denied.
19-6189Lewis Brown v. United StatesThe petition for rehearing is denied. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Attorney discipline11

D-3035IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF ANGELA M. BLYTHEAngela M. Blythe, of Oakland, Maryland, 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 her requiring her to show cause why she should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Angela M. Blythe is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3036IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF MICHAEL WILLIAM KWASNIKMichael William Kwasnik, of Hollywood, Florida, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of October 29, 2018; and a rule having been issued requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Michael William Kwasnik is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3041IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF FRAMPTON DURBAN, JR.Frampton Durban, Jr., of Newberry, South Carolina, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of October 29, 2018; and a rule having been issued requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3042IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF MICAH JARED SMITHMicah Jared Smith, of Wilmington, Delaware, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of August 5, 2019; and a rule having been issued and served upon him requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Micah Jared Smith is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3043IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF JOHN T. LYNCH, JR.John T. Lynch, Jr., of Scottsdale, Arizona, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of August 5, 2019; and a rule having been issued requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that John T. Lynch, Jr. is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3045IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF BRUCE B. McLEOD, IIIBruce B. McLeod, III, of Dallas, Texas, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of August 5, 2019; and a rule having been issued requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Bruce B. McLeod, III is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3046IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF EPHRAIM CHUKWUEMEKA UGWUONYEEphraim Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye, of Silver Spring, Maryland, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of August 5, 2019; and a rule having been issued requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Ephraim Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3047IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF MARC NORMAN SILBERMANMarc Norman Silberman, of Cleveland, Ohio, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of August 5, 2019; and a rule having been issued requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Marc Norman Silberman is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3048IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF JERRY STEVEN PACKARDJerry Steven Packard, of Wooster, Ohio, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of August 5, 2019; and a rule having been issued and served upon him requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Jerry Steven Packard is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3050IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF MARK BRIAN MORANMark Brian Moran, of Aviston, Illinois, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of August 5, 2019; and a rule having been issued and served upon him requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Mark Brian Moran is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
D-3053IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF BEN ELTON BRUNERBen Elton Bruner, of Opelika, Alabama, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of August 23, 2019; and a rule having been issued requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Ben Elton Bruner is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.