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Monday, May 24, 2021


3 GVRs · 115 denied · 1 habeas denied · 16 rehearings denied · 7 in pending cases · The Court’s PDF · 593 U.S.

Summary dispositions3

  1. 20-783Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of Boulder CountyThe 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 Tenth Circuit for further consideration in light of BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 593 U. S. ___ (2021).
  2. 20-884Chevron Corporation v. San Mateo County, CaliforniaThe 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 Ninth Circuit for further consideration in light of BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 593 U. S. ___ (2021). Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  3. 20-900Shell Oil Products Co., L.L.C. v. Rhode IslandThe motion of Energy Policy Advocates for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The 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 First Circuit for further consideration in light of BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 593 U. S. ___ (2021). Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.

Orders in pending cases7

  1. 20A157James Tolle v. Ralph Northam, Governor of VirginiaThe application for stay addressed to Justice Gorsuch and referred to the Court is denied.
  2. 20M78SUMMERS, MONQUEZE L. V. TENNESSEEThe motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time is denied.
  3. 20M79CRAYTON, WALTER V. MASSACHUSETTSThe motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal is granted.
  4. 20-437United States v. Refugio Palomar-SantiagoThe motion of respondent for leave to file a supplemental brief after oral argument is granted. The conditional cross- motion of petitioner for leave to file a supplemental brief after oral argument is granted.
  5. 20-827United States v. Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, aka Abu ZubaydahThe motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix is granted.
  6. 20-7000Felix Brown v. Keith Foley, Warden
  7. 20-7307In Re Wayne M. BeatonThe motions of petitioners for reconsideration of orders denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis are denied.

Certiorari denied115

  1. 18-8776Tam Le v. Louisiana
  2. 18-9297Jeremy Shane Hall v. John Myrick, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution
  3. 19-8711Willie Dunn v. Louisiana
  4. 19-8740Anthony J. Williams v. Louisiana
  5. 19-8875David Gerard Jones v. Louisiana
  6. 20-880Michael H. Holland, as Trustee for the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund and United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan v. Westmoreland Coal Company
  7. 20-1060Jose Oliva v. Mario Nivar
  8. 20-1106Jane Doe v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
  9. 20-1111International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Local 229, AFL-CIO v. National Labor Relations Board
  10. 20-1125Antonio Devoe Jones v. Alabama
  11. 20-1167Jose Susumo Azano Matsura v. United States
  12. 20-1272Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Fernando Reyes-Luevanos
  13. 20-1288Craig Geness v. Pennsylvania
  14. 20-1307Michael White v. Donald Knapp, Jr.
  15. 20-1309Corcamore, LLC v. SFM, LLC
  16. 20-1311Sedfrey M. Linsangan v. Territory of Guam
  17. 20-1320Wael Lasheen v. Supreme Court of Ohio
  18. 20-1323Gregory Patmythes v. City of Madison, Wisconsin
  19. 20-1330June M. Domino v. California Correctional Health Care Services
  20. 20-1331Arthur J. Clemens, Jr. v. Local One Service Employees International Union
  21. 20-1333Roy Sheridan v. DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc.
  22. 20-1340Amanuel Gebrengus Atsemet v. Texas
  23. 20-1343Audrey L. Kimner v. Web Watchers
  24. 20-1345Keith Arnold v. City of Auburn, Washington
  25. 20-1401James Dennis v. Virginia
  26. 20-1409Graham B. Spanier v. Chad Libby, Director, Dauphin County Probation Services
  27. 20-1431Charmell Brown v. Alex Jones, Acting Warden
  28. 20-1476Lavern Behm v. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
  29. 20-1481Adrian Parbhudial v. Jamie LaManna, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility
  30. 20-1498Kory Alexander v. Alex Jones, Acting Warden
  31. 20-1504J. L., a Child v. Kate Halamay
  32. 20-1506Jeffrey G. Thomas v. State Bar of California
  33. 20-5003Richard B. Woods v. Louisiana
  34. 20-5728Derrick A. Dotson v. Louisiana
  35. 20-5813Glenn Young v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
  36. 20-6045Aaron E. Choat v. Rick Coursey, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
  37. 20-6307Gary Lawrence v. Florida
  38. 20-6724Kaseem Alexander v. United States
  39. 20-6775Dantazias Raines v. Georgia
  40. 20-6786Erica Yvonne Sheppard v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  41. 20-6879John D. Freeman v. Florida
  42. 20-6887Harry Franklin Phillips v. Florida
  43. 20-6890Chong Leng Lee v. Wisconsin
  44. 20-7234Kerrin Barrett v. PAE Government Services, Inc.
  45. 20-7479Benjamin Velayo v. Cheryl Fox
  46. 20-7484Joseph F. Olivares v. Mark Long
  47. 20-7487Rodarius Grimes v. Alabama
  48. 20-7490Martin Stanley Ivie v. Washington
  49. 20-7502Vaughn Alexander Cropper v. United States
  50. 20-7504Ray A. Gough v. Daniel Q. Sullivan, Warden
  51. 20-7514Aimee Johnson v. St. Louis County Public Health & Human Services
  52. 20-7515Samuel Woody v. New Jersey
  53. 20-7520Shante Bruce Rice v. Pennsylvania
  54. 20-7525Masao Kikuchi v. Catherine S. Bauman, Warden
  55. 20-7526Todd Oliver Ameen v. Casey Hamilton, Warden
  56. 20-7530Maurice Moore v. Dawn Bartram
  57. 20-7531Baidehi L. Mukherjee v. The Childrens Mercy Hospital
  58. 20-7532Noel Turner v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  59. 20-7535Gilberto Medina-Jasso v. Georgia
  60. 20-7537Christopher D. Thieme v. New Jersey
  61. 20-7538Frankie Lewis Jones v. Georgia
  62. 20-7540Anthony V. Caiby v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix
  63. 20-7541Billian Jo, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mee Jin-Jo v. JPMC Specialty Mortgage, LLC
  64. 20-7542Calvin Lewis Carter, III v. Illinois
  65. 20-7555Anthony A. Patel v. Patricia Miller
  66. 20-7558Kesha S. Packer v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections
  67. 20-7612Michael D. Johnson v. Indiana
  68. 20-7614Gerald Von Tobel v. Tim Garrett, Warden
  69. 20-7618Krystal Alexander-Jasmin v. Santa Monica Police Department
  70. 20-7621David K. Patton v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security
  71. 20-7637Derrick Gregory James v. Florida Department of Corrections
  72. 20-7645Joshua Horn v. Walmart Stores, Inc.
  73. 20-7648Kesner V. Joaseus, Jr. v. Florida
  74. 20-7649Robert Earl Jackson v. Florida
  75. 20-7681Kristopher A. Boggs v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security
  76. 20-7700Robert Ibarra v. W. L. Montgomery, Acting Warden
  77. 20-7710Bertram Mann v. Volusia County Sheriff's Department
  78. 20-7711Scott Dwayne Chatman v. Iowa
  79. 20-7725Todd Glenn Dean v. F. Entzel, Warden
  80. 20-7734Imeh U. Affiah v. Texas Southmost College
  81. 20-7752Bralen Lamar Jordan v. Kathleen H. Sawyer
  82. 20-7772Tanelle M. Jefferson v. Ohio
  83. 20-7774Kevin Johnson v. Texas
  84. 20-7782Ronald W. Greer v. Sherie Korneman, Warden
  85. 20-7797Jorge Luis Rosa-Hernandez v. United States
  86. 20-7806Zacharias Christopher Lee v. United States
  87. 20-7808James R. W. Mitchell v. California
  88. 20-7812Clive Patrick Bowen v. United States
  89. 20-7816Lassissi Afolabi v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix
  90. 20-7822Trevon Wiley v. Louisiana
  91. 20-7824Amin Ricker v. United States
  92. 20-7826Jimmie C. Johnson v. United States
  93. 20-7829Edmundo Bustamante-Muniz v. United States
  94. 20-7832Chadwick Marvin Thompson v. United States
  95. 20-7837Sam Bradford v. Mississippi
  96. 20-7842Eliu Elixander Lorenzana-Cordon v. United States
  97. 20-7847Phillip Minor v. Renee Baker, Warden
  98. 20-7853Craig Allen Morgenstern v. United States
  99. 20-7858Michael Armendariz v. Leon Martinez, Warden
  100. 20-7861Razhden Shulaya v. United States
  101. 20-7866Paul Demetrius Lamar Gray v. United States
  102. 20-7877Robert Washington v. David Gomez, Warden
  103. 20-7879Vincent Gino Chavez v. Brian Cates, Warden
  104. 20-7882Taurean Potter v. United States
  105. 20-7885Maurice Cortez Proctor, Sr. v. United States District Court for the District of Maryland
  106. 20-7903Jerry W. Green, Jr. v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  107. 20-951Mary Stewart, as Administrator of the Estate of Luke O. Stewart, Sr., Deceased v. City of Euclid, OhioThe motion of Legal Scholars for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The motion of Professor Seth Stoughton, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The motion of Institute for Justice for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  108. 20-1258Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  109. 20-1322Michael Neely v. The Boeing CompanyThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  110. 20-7506Peter Gakuba v. Terry GrissomThe 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.
  111. 20-7527Kimberly Johnston v. Mark J. McGinnis
  112. 20-7545Tyrone Robinson v. Christopher Buesgen, WardenThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of these petitions.
  113. 20-7698Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Town of Cary Police Department
  114. 20-7831Lena Lasher v. United StatesThe 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. As the petitioners have repeatedly abused this Court's process, the Clerk is directed not to accept any further petitions in noncriminal matters from petitioners unless the docketing fees required by Rule 38(a) are paid and the petitions are submitted in compliance with Rule 33.1. See Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U. S. 1 (1992) (per curiam).
  115. 20-7851Luis Noel Cruz, aka Noel 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.

Habeas corpus denied1

  1. 20-7862In Re Momolu V. S. Sirleaf, Jr.The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.

Rehearings denied16

  1. 20-507Tony Mays, Warden v. Anthony Darrell Dugard Hines
  2. 20-1007Merrilee Stewart v. RRL Holding Company of Ohio, LLC
  3. 20-1035In Re Jody D. Kimbrell
  4. 20-6177John Leo Davis v. Goodyear Police Department
  5. 20-6295Donna Raively v. Thomas A. Whelihan
  6. 20-6483Adrien John Matuck v. United States
  7. 20-6547David Franklin McNees, Jr. v. Michigan
  8. 20-6654Gabino Romero v. Raymond Madden, Warden
  9. 20-6689Matthew J. Kwong v. Cheswold (TL), LLC
  10. 20-6719Lucille Jackson v. John E. Williams, Jr.
  11. 20-6856Lavon Oden v. Neil Turner, Warden
  12. 20-6931Christopher Shawn Landreneau v. United States
  13. 20-6955Theresa Skillings v. City of New York, New York
  14. 20-7004Camille T. Mata v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
  15. 20-7074Jimmy Lee Nave, Jr. v. Frank Vanihel, WardenThe petitions for rehearing are denied.
  16. 20-426William L. Huntress v. United StatesThe motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing is denied.