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Monday, May 18, 2020

165 denied · 5 habeas denied · 1 mandamus denied · 17 rehearings denied · 4 in pending cases · 1 order · 1 prohibition denied · The Court’s PDF

Orders in pending cases4

19M136IN RE EDWARD STARLINGThe motion for leave to proceed as a veteran is denied.
19M137ROSAS, IRMA V. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, ET AL.The motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time is denied.
19-8037Shlomit Ruttkamp v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York
19-8061Weixing Wang v. Robert MarcotteThe motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis are denied. Petitioners are allowed until June 8, 2020, within which to pay the docketing fees required by Rule 38(a).

Orders1

19-864Bradley Beers v. William P. Barr, Attorney GeneralThe petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950).

Certiorari denied165

19-55James W. Richards, IV v. Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force
19-605Arizona v. Philip John Martin
19-682Melanie Kelsay v. Matt Ernst
19-815Lisa M. Phoenix v. Regions Bank
19-849Kristanalea Dyroff, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Wesley Greer v. Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
19-859Stuart Force v. Facebook, Inc.
19-912Albert T. Robles v. United States
19-1006Facebook, Inc. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County
19-1049Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Crystallex International Corporation
19-1079M.W. Watermark, LLC v. Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC
19-1081Arlene Rosenblatt v. City of Santa Monica, California
19-1088Gerson Irving Fox v. Elissa Miller, Chapter 7 Trustee
19-1093Aleashia Clarkston v. John White
19-1095James Beggs, et ux. v. Beverly Story
19-1096Multiventas y Servicios, Inc. v. Oriental Bank
19-1109Timothy C. Yoakum v. Sabre GLBL Incorporated
19-1111Michael Anthony Deem v. Lorna DiMella-Deem
19-1112Stephanie Jones v. Jeremy Eder
19-1114National Collegiate Athletic Association v. New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc.
19-1117Henrikas Malukas v. William P. Barr, Attorney General
19-1119Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance v. Department of the Interior
19-1122Hong Tang v. University of Baltimore
19-1128Jose Mendes Da Costa v. City of Mount Vernon Police Officer Pereira
19-1129Charles T. Fote v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
19-1132Blackbird Tech LLC, dba Blackbird Technologies v. Health in Motion LLC, dba Inspire Fitness
19-1139James Leonard Hines v. Regions Bank, fka Union Planters Bank, N.A.
19-1150Gary Kirchhoff v. United States
19-1161Justin Hawkins v. Ohio
19-1168Mirek Machala v. Libuse Kral
19-1172Mark Targowski v. Zachary Lee Rawlins
19-1188Samaca, LLC v. Cellairis Franchise, Inc.
19-1196William Johnson v. Paulding County, Georgia
19-1202Thomas Taffe v. First National Bank of Alaska
19-1211James Christopher North v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
19-1213Buck Leon Hammers v. United States
19-1228Kaneka Corporation v. Xiamen Kingdomway Group Company
19-5497John McGill v. United States
19-6006Nicholas Wilkerson v. Alabama
19-6588Carlos Javier Pedroza-Rocha v. United States
19-6701Carl Labat v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
19-6705Keenan G. Wilkins v. J. Galvin
19-6922Charles Edward Bates v. United States
19-7217Rickey Thompson v. United States
19-7425Wylmina Louemna Hettinga v. Arcadia Management Services Co.
19-7455Ronson Kyle Bush v. Tommy Sharp, Interim Warden
19-7476Timothy Wayne Kemp v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction
19-7553Gerald Humbert v. United States
19-7607Jon P. Westrum v. National Labor Relations Board
19-7627Ernesto Salgado Martinez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections
19-7645Ramiro F. Gonzales v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
19-7805Shavis Holloman v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
19-7882Brandy V. Harris v. Britney May
19-7888Josephine Banks v. Waffle House, Inc.
19-7899Paul Nigl v. Jon Litscher
19-7901Thomas Powers v. Travis Smith
19-7906Angello A. D. Osborne v. Peter Georgiades
19-7907David Allen Olsen v. Kaylee Ann Francois
19-7912Ali Mehdipour v. Keith Sweeney
19-7913Pooroushasb Parineh v. Michael Martel, Warden
19-7920Iverylee Arashella Johnson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
19-7921Floyd Dewaine Scott v. Superior Court of California, Monterey County
19-7923Barlow Smith v. Terry Kennedy
19-7924Shanel Stacz v. ESA Management, LLC
19-7925Ronald O'Rourke v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden
19-7926Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc.
19-7929Caryn Hall Yost-Rudge v. A to Z Properties, Inc.
19-7932Enrique Auch v. Massachusetts
19-7936James Zavaglia v. Boston University School of Medicine
19-7937Michelle Stopyra Yaney and Peter DeBellis v. Rebecca Mason
19-7943J. H. v. E. R. S.
19-7954Steven M. Leonhart v. Tim Shoop, Warden
19-7955Philip Berryman v. Randall Haas
19-7959John Tedesco v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford
19-7961Randall Duane Throneberry v. Oklahoma
19-7962Rodney Jerome Womack v. James Robertson, Warden
19-7964Varis R. Aizupitis v. Delaware
19-7966Justin Odell Langford v. William G. Cobb
19-7968Akube Wuromoni Ndoromo v. William P. Barr, Attorney General
19-7969Embery J. McBride v. Walter Berry, Warden
19-7973Quincy Chisolm v. Maryland
19-7975Glenn Myer v. All Dulles Area Muslim Society
19-7980Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
19-7982Alex Penland v. Ohio
19-7983Eric S. Newton, Jr. v. Ohio
19-7989Roger Bryner v. Clearfield City, Utah
19-7990Gabriel L. Roman v. Sarah H. Kim
19-7992Glenn Sinatra Davis v. Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as Trustee for Specialty Underwriting and Residential Finance Trust, Series 2005-BC3
19-7994David Armondo Butler v. Florida
19-7995Elijah Jackson, Jr. v. Magoon Estates Limited
19-8001Valery Vinarov v. CitiMortgage, Inc.
19-8007Gwendolyn Gabriel v. Merry Outlaw
19-8011James Anderson Dellinger v. Tennessee
19-8012Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Alameda Health System
19-8013Keith Alexander v. Pennsylvania
19-8018Timothy Humphrey v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
19-8021Henry L. Jackson v. Utah
19-8023Tom Eli Orr v. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
19-8024Julio A. Hunsberger v. Randy B. Duran
19-8025Kwasi McKinney v. Arkansas
19-8028Tyler Gore v. Florida
19-8032Vaughn Harris v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
19-8042Lewis Taylor Jr. v. Florida
19-8050Cuwan Merritt v. United States
19-8051Jack Benjamin Hessiani v. United States
19-8057Aaron Moran Brown v. Indiana
19-8060John Doe v. United States
19-8081Juan Isaac Flores v. California
19-8087Sharla Jenkins v. Helen Forbes Fields, as Administrator of the Estate of Elase Jenkins
19-8091Vernon Wayne Officer v. Washington
19-8099Brandon Perry Smith v. Utah
19-8108Dana Albrecht v. Katherine Albrecht
19-8115Brenda R. White v. EDS Care Management, LLC
19-8122Allan Widdifield v. Kevin Mazza, Warden
19-8125Wendell Ray Thomas v. California
19-8127Casey Rafael Tyler v. Erik A. Hooks, Warden
19-8146Anton Purisima v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security
19-8151Michael John Alcocer Roa v. United States
19-8171Carolyn R. Dawson v. Bank of New York Mellon
19-8184William Francis Walsh, IV v. United States
19-8199Dwight Bullard v. United States
19-8204Arnold Eugene Fox, Jr. v. United States
19-8212Santiago Soto-Garcia v. United States
19-8214Howard Atkins v. Georgia Crowell, Warden
19-8215Victor Rivera-Munoz v. United States
19-8219Juan Gilberto Medrano v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden
19-8220Jorge Macli v. United States
19-8222Steven Mason v. United States
19-8228Kirk Russell Marsh v. United States
19-8231Juvenile Male v. United States
19-8235Justin K. Eaton v. United States
19-8237Fernando Romero-Salgado v. United States
19-8240Richard Valentini v. United States
19-8249Rodney Jackson v. United States
19-8250Michael Thomas Gaussiran v. United States
19-8254Samuel Dowell v. United States
19-8255Emilio Medina-Rodriguez v. United States
19-8256Jerry Browdy v. United States
19-8261Sean Ath v. United States
19-8263Larry Wesley Brown v. United States
19-8265Jerry Wilson Hartley v. United States
19-8267Jon Cascella v. United States
19-8269Stella Rae James v. United States
19-8273Deonday Evans v. United States
19-8274Tracy Anthony Scott v. United States
19-8275Robert L. Swinton v. United States
19-8277Abraham A. Augustin v. United States
19-8312Lazaro Candelaria v. United States
19-8315Todd Michael Vincent v. United States
19-8325Qais Hussein v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
18-1421Nassau County District Attorney's Office v. Mark OrlandoThe motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
19-835Valero Energy Corporation v. Environmental Protection AgencyThe motion of National Association of Home Builders of the United States for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
19-1021Micah Jessop v. City of Fresno, CaliforniaThe motion of Institute for Justice for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The motion of Cato Institute, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The motion of New Civil Liberties Alliance for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The motion of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The motion of Constitutional Accountability Center for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The motion of DKT Liberty Project, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
19-7810Dale W. Eaton v. Mike Pacheco, WardenThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
19-7866Farid Popal v. Stephen Brown
19-7905Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Exxon Mobil Corporation
19-7910Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Intuit, Inc.The 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.
19-7915Alan DeAtley v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of CorrectionsThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
19-7935Dennis Andrew Ball v. City of Marion, Illinois
19-7953Arthur Lopez v. Cheryl LopezThe 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.
19-8029Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Lyft, 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. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.
19-8064Rubin Rurie Weeks v. Stan Payne, WardenThe 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).
19-8211Frederick Banks v. Scooter Braun
19-8252Roscoe Chambers v. William HardyThe 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.
19-8291Willis J. Yazzie v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
19-8293Timothy Walker v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Habeas corpus denied5

18-9554In Re Billie J. Allen
19-1226In Re Masoud Bamdad
19-8282In Re Robbie Gene Watson, Jr.
19-8285In Re David L. WilliamsThe petitions for writs of habeas corpus are denied.
19-8345In Re Steven CiottaThe motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of habeas corpus 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).

Mandamus denied1

19-7938In Re Aretha TownsendThe petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.

Prohibition denied1

19-7885In Re Kenton G. FindlayThe petition for a writ of prohibition is denied.

Rehearings denied17

19-876Fernando A. Ramirez v. Dave Hogue
19-1005Hotze Health Wellness Center International One, LLC v. Environmental Research Center, Inc.
19-6426John Ramirez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
19-6657Rikisha S. Smith v. Dr. Scott
19-6783Virgil Lamont Jarvis v. David Allison, Sheriff, Pearl River County, Mississippi
19-6839Patrick R. Smith v. Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York
19-7017Lana K. Williams v. Taco Bell
19-7023Michael P. Cotton v. Scott Eckstein, Warden
19-7085Ratha Oeur v. County of Los Angeles, California
19-7228Jerry Carter v. United States
19-7230In Re Arthur Lopez
19-7374In Re John Wallace
19-7413Brennen Clancy v. Florida Department of Corrections
19-7489Paul Edward Duran v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
19-7716Timmy Wallace v. United States
19-7792In Re David Lopez
19-7944In Re Steven BeebeThe petitions for rehearing are denied.