Supreme Court Report

Order list

Monday, March 29, 2021

1 granted · 99 denied · 3 habeas denied · 3 mandamus denied · 7 rehearings denied · 4 in pending cases · 7 discipline · The Court’s PDF · 592 U.S.

Certiorari granted1

  1. 20-601Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C.The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

Orders in pending cases4

  1. 20M65HUANG, DONG S. V. HILL, JALEA J., ET AL.The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis with the declaration of indigency under seal is denied. The motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal is denied.
  2. 19-8709Gregory Greer v. United StatesThe motion of petitioner for leave to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal is granted.
  3. 20-287Ernest Johnson v. Anne L. PrecytheThe parties are directed to file supplemental letter briefs addressing the following question: Given that the District Court dismissed without prejudice, would petitioner be barred from filing a new complaint that proposes the firing squad as the alternative method of execution? Petitioner’s brief, not to exceed 5 pages, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before Monday, April 12, 2021. Respondents’ brief, not to exceed 5 pages, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before Monday, April 26, 2021.
  4. 20-444United States v. Michael Andrew GaryThe motion of petitioner for leave to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal is granted.

Certiorari denied99

  1. 20-567Ohio, ex rel. Elliot Feltner v. Cuyahoga County Board of Revision
  2. 20-605Kiernan Wholean v. CSEA SEIU Local 2001
  3. 20-690Michael Sang Han v. United States
  4. 20-730Lindsay R. Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., aka TEPCO
  5. 20-960Khue Nguyen v. Hai Phu Nguyen, as Administrator of the Estate of Thin Thi Ta
  6. 20-965Balubhai Patel v. Manuel Chavez
  7. 20-980Veena Sharma v. Santander Bank
  8. 20-984Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey v. Defense Distributed
  9. 20-987Spielbauer Law Office v. Midland Funding, LLC
  10. 20-988Barry Smith, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale v. Aaron Edmunds Tyson
  11. 20-998Mama Jo’s, Inc., dba Berries v. Sparta Insurance Company
  12. 20-1001Columbia MHC East, LLC v. Melody Stewart
  13. 20-1007Merrilee Stewart v. RRL Holding Company of Ohio, LLC
  14. 20-1011Cyrus Mark Sanai v. D. Joshua Staub
  15. 20-1016Michael Kosterlitz v. The S/V Knotta Klu
  16. 20-1022Jean Coulter v. Jamsan Hotel Management, Inc.
  17. 20-1023Jean Coulter v. Philip A. Ignelzi
  18. 20-1027Joshua Coleman v. Louisiana
  19. 20-1049City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma v. Calvin McCraw
  20. 20-1051Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Hillary Rodham Clinton
  21. 20-1055Anthony Tricoli v. Rob Watts
  22. 20-1065Christopher Hudler v. Pennsylvania
  23. 20-1080Stephen Edward May v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry
  24. 20-1087Leonard Hartford Tunnell v. Public School Retirement System of Missouri
  25. 20-1090Thasha A. Boyd v. Department of Veterans Affairs
  26. 20-1101Taniesheia Harden v. Comcast Corporation
  27. 20-1105Anthony Futia, Jr. v. New York
  28. 20-1109George C. Chatman v. Arrowhead Credit Union
  29. 20-1127Joseph Louis Paduano v. Virginia
  30. 20-1175Sandra DeMuth v. Small Business Administration
  31. 20-1179William W. Cole, Jr. v. PRN Real Estate & Investments, Ltd.
  32. 20-1181Kyle Stephen Thompson v. Maryland
  33. 20-1190Richard D. Simmons v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  34. 20-1193Christopher G. Lee v. United States
  35. 20-1198Jerry Wiltz v. Texas
  36. 20-1205Gazelle Craig v. United States
  37. 20-7204Shane Faithful v. United States
  38. 20-1216Faysal Khalaf v. Ford Motor Company
  39. 20-5908Mikel Clotaire v. United States
  40. 20-6409Hugo Humberto Perez Rangel v. United States
  41. 20-6602Wayne Boucher v. Deanne Lyons
  42. 20-6719Lucille Jackson v. John E. Williams, Jr.
  43. 20-6912Roy L. Rambo, Jr. v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison
  44. 20-6919Lawrence James Napper v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  45. 20-6922Melvin Bonnell v. Ohio
  46. 20-6929Stephen Hugueley v. Tony Mays, Warden
  47. 20-6934Fred Cartwright v. Silver Cross Hospital
  48. 20-6935Melvin Wofford v. Jeffrey Woods, Warden
  49. 20-6937Darris Altony Newsome v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  50. 20-6938Muhammad E. Milhouse v. Camba Inc. Staff Members
  51. 20-6940Ellery Dennis Thomas v. Raymond Madden, Warden
  52. 20-6951Julio Torres Palomo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  53. 20-6955Theresa Skillings v. City of New York, New York
  54. 20-6956H. Denise Stuart v. Erickson Living Management
  55. 20-6968Kenton Lance Light v. Texas
  56. 20-6981Phillip Jay Walter, Jr. v. Texas
  57. 20-6986Lorenzo Escudero v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  58. 20-6988Antwone Lamont Creater v. Illinois
  59. 20-6996Delroy T. Booth v. Walter Berry, Warden
  60. 20-6997Joe D. Bryan v. Texas
  61. 20-6998Clara Lewis Brockington v. Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
  62. 20-7035Rondell Slaughter v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix
  63. 20-7054Paul E. Weber v. Amy Arnott Quinlan
  64. 20-7055Bernard F. Verrett v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
  65. 20-7057Romario Waller v. Arkansas
  66. 20-7106Mark Halper v. Linda Moore
  67. 20-7129Tyreek Torrence v. Pennsylvania
  68. 20-7130Kareem J. Cobbins v. Cherryle Hinthorne, Warden
  69. 20-7190Erik Sanchez v. Terry Jacques, Warden
  70. 20-7195Javan Fredrick Mays, aka Von Frederick Mayes v. Scott Lewis, Warden
  71. 20-7200Michael Burciaga v. Raymond Madden, Warden
  72. 20-7229Wanda Tubbs v. Jeff Long, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security
  73. 20-7243David Linehan v. United States
  74. 20-7247Walter Eugene Powell v. United States
  75. 20-7254Juan Valenzuela v. L. Small, Warden
  76. 20-7256James Timothy Cobb v. United States
  77. 20-7259Juan Garcia v. United States
  78. 20-7268Jason P. Briscoe v. United States
  79. 20-7272Tyslen J. Baker v. United States
  80. 20-7273Patrick Roger Brigaudin v. United States
  81. 20-7276Russell Lawayne Montague v. United States
  82. 20-7278Charles Dennis Friedman v. United States
  83. 20-7283John Larvie v. United States
  84. 20-7290Michael Scott Hanuman v. United States
  85. 20-7292Matthew Lee Staszak v. United States
  86. 20-7294James Peter Sabatino v. United States
  87. 20-7301Bernandino Gawala Bolatete v. United States
  88. 20-7305Larry Daniel Harris v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  89. 20-569Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church v. J. B. Pritzker, Governor of IllinoisThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  90. 20-830Washington v. Said Omer Ali
  91. 20-831Washington v. Endy Domingo-CornelioThe motions of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae are granted. The petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  92. 20-1081Illinois Republican Party v. J. B. Pritzker, Governor of IllinoisThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  93. 20-1170James Ben Feinman v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  94. 20-1187Leon Carmichael, Sr. v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  95. 20-5795Donald Mitchell Tedford v. PennsylvaniaThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  96. 20-7103Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. North CarolinaThe 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.
  97. 20-7250Eunice Husband v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  98. 20-7269Antonio U. Akel v. United StatesThe 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. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.
  99. 20-7270Keith D. Barmore v. Sonja Nicklaus, WardenThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Habeas corpus denied3

  1. 20-7342In Re Christopher Vigliotti
  2. 20-7349In Re Bobby MellardThe petitions for writs of habeas corpus are denied.
  3. 20-7366In Re John Peyton AlexanderThe 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.

Mandamus denied3

  1. 20-1035In Re Jody D. KimbrellThe petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.
  2. 20-1209In Re Raymond L. RogersThe petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition is denied.
  3. 20-6950In Re John PoullardThe motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of mandamus 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).

Rehearings denied7

  1. 20-671In Re Atul C. Shah
  2. 20-751Ashley Ann Krapacs v. The Florida Bar
  3. 20-6093Hany Sayed Abutaleb v. Mona Mohamed Abutaleb
  4. 20-6363Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States
  5. 20-6443Scott Myers v. Patrolman Rowell
  6. 20-6546John C. Nimmer v. Michael G. Heavican, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Nebraska
  7. 20-6649El Aemer El Mujaddid v. Andrew BrewerThe petitions for rehearing are denied.

Attorney discipline7

  1. D-71IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF FREDERICK J. MEAGHER, JR.Frederick J. Meagher, Jr., of Binghamton, New York, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  2. D-3067IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF JOHN WALTER SHARBROUGH, IIIJohn Walter Sharbrough, III, of Mobile, Alabama, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  3. D-3068IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF STUART RICHARD BLATTStuart Richard Blatt, of Boca Raton, Florida, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  4. D-3069IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF ELLIS CHARLES BAGGSEllis Charles Baggs, of Richmond, Virginia, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  5. D-3070IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF SCOTT BRETTSCHNEIDERScott Brettschneider, of Mint Hill, North Carolina, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  6. D-3072IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF NICHOLAS G. KARAMBELASNicholas G. Karambelas, of Washington, District of Columbia, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  7. D-3073IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF JEFFREY JOSEPH KECKJeffrey Joseph Keck, of Woodstock, Illinois, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court, and a rule will issue, returnable within 40 days, requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.