Supreme Court Report

Order list

Tuesday, May 26, 2020


84 denied · 4 mandamus denied · 9 rehearings denied · 4 in pending cases · 1 discipline · 1 order · The Court’s PDF · 590 U.S.

Orders in pending cases4

  1. 19A1021Roy L. Perry-Bey v. City of Norfolk, VirginiaThe application for stay addressed to Justice Sotomayor and referred to the Court is denied.
  2. 19M138SMITH, BELINDA V. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOThe motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time is denied.
  3. 18-107R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionThe motion to substitute Donna Stephens, as Trustee of the Aimee A. and Donna Stephens Trust, as a respondent in place of Aimee Stephens, Deceased is granted.
  4. 19-8006John P. Greiner v. Macomb County, MichiganThe motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until June 16, 2020, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a).

Orders1

  1. 19-7685Dominic Lindsey 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 Fifth Circuit for further consideration in light of Davis v. United States, 589 U. S. ___ (2020) (per curiam).

Certiorari denied84

  1. 19-871Raheem Chabezz Johnson v. Jeffery Kiser, Warden
  2. 19-873Geophysical Service, Inc. v. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co.
  3. 19-917Joslyn Manufacturing Company, LLC v. Valbruna Slater Steel Corporation
  4. 19-972Christopher Edward McMillen v. New Caney Independent School District
  5. 19-974William T. Schmitt v. Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State
  6. 19-992Greg Skipper, Warden v. Curtis Jerome Byrd
  7. 19-1048Blanca L. Ramos v. William P. Barr, Attorney General
  8. 19-1056Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
  9. 19-1101Canada v. Cynthia L. Merlini
  10. 19-1131Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. v. Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC
  11. 19-1148Michael Bruno, as Parent, Guardian, and Next Friend of R. B., a Minor v. Northside Independent School District
  12. 19-1152ISL Loan Trust v. Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC
  13. 19-1160Robert J. Murphy v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel
  14. 19-1164Jocelyn A. Johnson v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
  15. 19-1167Bradley William Kennedy v. Stephen Morris, Warden
  16. 19-1171Reed Kirk McDonald v. Citibank, N.A.
  17. 19-1178Robert K. Zabka, et ux. v. United States
  18. 19-1183Odyssey Contracting Corp. v. L & L Painting Co., Inc.
  19. 19-1187Matco Tools Corporation v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  20. 19-1192Missouri, ex rel. Key Insurance Company v. Marco A. Roldan, Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Jackson County
  21. 19-1199Don Higginson v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California
  22. 19-1210Harry's Nurses Registry v. Claudia Gayle
  23. 19-1223Demetrias Taylor, as Representative of the Estate of Iretha Jean Lilly, Deceased v. McLennan County, Texas
  24. 19-1236Rachel Joanna Evens v. Timothy John Evens
  25. 19-1238Lisa L. Watson v. Ryan McCarthy, Secretary of the Army
  26. 19-1245Samuel Kwushue v. United States
  27. 19-1247Judson A. Lovingood v. Discovery Communications, Inc.
  28. 19-6668Andrew J. J. Wolf v. Idaho Board of Correction
  29. 19-6926Roger William Campbell, II, aka Roger William Campbell v. United States
  30. 19-7061Charles Edward Smith v. United States
  31. 19-7288John Kelsey Gammell v. United States
  32. 19-7456Taurus Carroll v. Alabama
  33. 19-7629Carolyn Hill-Lomax v. David Vittetoe
  34. 19-8022Clarence Wayne Dixon v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections
  35. 19-8047Richard E. Daniel v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections
  36. 19-8052Mohamed A. Almahmmody v. Tennessee
  37. 19-8058Maurice Brack, aka Maurice Barrack, aka Maurice Black, aka Maurice L. Brack, aka Socca Bopum, aka Socka Bopa v. New Jersey
  38. 19-8068Daniel B. Boudette v. Tammy Boudette, nka Tammy Oskerson
  39. 19-8069Eric S. Newton, Jr. v. Ohio
  40. 19-8070Kenney Shi Lai v. United States
  41. 19-8073Kenneth Baker v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion
  42. 19-8074David Gunter v. Cory Pulsipher
  43. 19-8075S. Patrick Mendel v. UBER Technologies, Inc.
  44. 19-8077Arnold Anderson v. Gilberto Valenzuela
  45. 19-8078Brandon L. Banks v. Illinois
  46. 19-8084Christopher Young v. Rehka Halligan
  47. 19-8085Lamar L. Zamichieli v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township
  48. 19-8086Randy Dale Jackson v. Tommy Taylor, Interim Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections
  49. 19-8088Antonio Rodrigues v. Massachusetts
  50. 19-8093Jose Passalacqua v. Mike McDonald, Warden
  51. 19-8096Marvin D. Noble v. Shane Jackson, Warden
  52. 19-8124Manuel Garcia Velasco v. William P. Barr, Attorney General
  53. 19-8135Marie Tanamor-Steffan v. William P. Barr, Attorney General
  54. 19-8169Jorge Madero-Gil v. United States
  55. 19-8181Arkeem Hakim Jordan v. North Carolina
  56. 19-8194Jonathan Crupi v. New York
  57. 19-8196Larry Grant Gentry v. Arizona
  58. 19-8208Jerald Harris v. Richard Jennings, Warden
  59. 19-8232William Lynn Jackson v. Mississippi
  60. 19-8248Herve Wilmore v. United States
  61. 19-8268Ade Brown v. Reid Desrochers
  62. 19-8279Jeffrey LaGasse v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  63. 19-8294Roscoe Johnson v. Mississippi
  64. 19-8295Clarence B. Jenkins, Jr. v. United States
  65. 19-8308Terry Gooden v. U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps
  66. 19-8310Michael R. Haynes v. Colette S. Peters, Director, Oregon Department of Corrections
  67. 19-8316Dervanna H. A. Troy-McKoy v. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
  68. 19-8328Adam Strege v. United States
  69. 19-8329Adam Strege v. United States
  70. 19-8333Nekhent Supreme Ali, aka William Sean Perry, Jr. v. United States
  71. 19-8334James Butler v. United States
  72. 19-8336Igancio Reyes-Yanez v. United States
  73. 19-8339Juan M. Santiago v. United States
  74. 19-8340Christopher Scruggs v. United States
  75. 19-8342Dearieus Duheart v. United States
  76. 19-8361Tyrone Price v. United States
  77. 19-8364Adam C. Vance v. United States
  78. 19-8376Carlos M. Guerrero-Castro v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  79. 17-1236Republic of Sudan v. James OwensThe motion of Former U.S. Ambassadors for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.
  80. 17-1406Republic of Sudan v. Monicah Okoba Opati, In Her Own Right, and as Executrix of the Estate of Caroline Setla Opati, DeceasedThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  81. 19-766North Carolina v. James Harold Courtney, IIIThe motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  82. 19-1012General Electric Company v. Raytheon Technologies Corporation, fka United Technologies CorporationThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Breyer and Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  83. 19-5921Lisa M. Montgomery v. United StatesThe motion of The Ethics Bureau at Yale for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  84. 19-8059Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Uber Technologies, IncorporatedThe 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.

Mandamus denied4

  1. 19-1140In Re Wesley Perkins
  2. 19-8033In Re Jonathan A. HamptonThe petitions for writs of mandamus are denied.
  3. 19-8284In Re Michael A. YoungThe petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition is denied.
  4. 19-8351In Re Vinodh RaghubirThe motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.

Rehearings denied9

  1. 19-943Alireza Vazirabadi v. Denver Health and Hospital Authority
  2. 19-6877Christopher Rudolph Brown v. Florida
  3. 19-7169Daniel Eric Cobble v. United States
  4. 19-7296In Re Gilbert M. Martinez
  5. 19-7302Latefah Shampine v. Sarver's Realty
  6. 19-7391Larry David Davis v. Larry Tegley
  7. 19-7402Andrea Lee Sanders v. Hennepin County Human Service and Public Health Department Child Support
  8. 19-7471Barbara E. Brown v. San Bernardino County, California
  9. 19-7605Vincent Kane v. PennsylvaniaThe petitions for rehearing are denied.

Attorney discipline1

  1. D-3058IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF DOUGLAS L. ROMERODouglas L. Romero, of Denver, Colorado, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of January 13, 2020; 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 Douglas L. Romero is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.