Supreme Court Report

Order list

Monday, May 22, 2023

3 GVRs · 95 denied · 1 habeas denied · 4 mandamus denied · 11 rehearings denied · 9 in pending cases · 14 discipline · The Court’s PDF · 598 U.S.

Summary dispositions3

  1. 21-1161Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi v. United StatesThe 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 Second Circuit for further consideration in light of Percoco v. United States, 598 U. S. ___ (2023) and Ciminelli v. United States, 598 U. S. ___ (2023).
  2. 21-1169Alain Kaloyeros v. United States
  3. 21-1241Michael L. Binday v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The judgments are vacated, and the cases are remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for further consideration in light of Ciminelli v. United States, 598 U. S. ___ (2023).

Orders in pending cases9

  1. 22A889Mary La Riccia, et vir v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation (22-638)The application for writ of injunction addressed to Justice Alito and referred to the Court is denied.
  2. 22A921Women of Color For Equal Justice v. City of New York, New YorkThe application for stay addressed to Justice Kavanaugh and referred to the Court is denied.
  3. 22M105SEALED APPELLANT V. UNITED STATESThe motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record is granted.
  4. 22M106VILLA, DANIEL V. CIRThe motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal is denied.
  5. 22M107SEALED APPELLANT V. GARLAND, ATT'Y GEN., ET AL.The motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record is denied.
  6. 22M108SINE, DEREK V. KOSMIDES, KATHRYNThe motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal is granted.
  7. 22-340Mark E. Pulsifer v. United StatesThe motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix is granted.
  8. 22-6648Glen Plourde v. Redington-Fairview General HospitalThe motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied.
  9. 22-7058Michael S. Helmstetter v. David Herzog, TrusteeThe motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until June 12, 2023, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.

Certiorari denied95

  1. 22-472Association des Éleveurs de Cananards et D'oies du Quebéc v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California
  2. 22-481Daphne Moore v. United States
  3. 22-518Petrobras America Inc. v. Transcor Astra Group S.A.
  4. 22-639Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  5. 22-733Pacific Gas & Electric Company v. Ad Hoc Committee of Holders of Trade Claims
  6. 22-747Tracy Renee Pennington v. West Virginia
  7. 22-751Charles C. Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission
  8. 22-772Ultra Petroleum Corporation v. Ad Hoc Committee of OpCo Unsecured Creditors
  9. 22-891John Earl Erickson, et ux. v. Vanessa Power
  10. 22-892Guangyu Wang v. Nevada System of Higher Education
  11. 22-898Ronald I. Paul v. South Carolina Department of Transportation
  12. 22-901Richard E. Gardiner v. Nels Anderson
  13. 22-909Kroger Limited Partnership I v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1995
  14. 22-910Javitch Block, LLC v. Jerome Redman
  15. 22-911Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
  16. 22-917Nayonn Gray v. Autozoners, LLC
  17. 22-925Fall Line Patents, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, fka Unified Patents, Inc.
  18. 22-954Justin Marcus Zinman v. California
  19. 22-956Paul Johnson v. Bastrop Central Appraisal District
  20. 22-960Christen Robinson Kelley v. Catherine Howden
  21. 22-980Neil Paul Noble v. Texas
  22. 22-986Grant Nyhammer v. Paula Basta, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Illinois Department on Aging
  23. 22-1000William Casiano v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  24. 22-1023Dora L. Adkins v. American Service Center Associates, LLC
  25. 22-6540Brandon Williams v. United States
  26. 22-6661Brent Allen Morris v. Oklahoma
  27. 22-6772Marion Bowman, Jr. v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections
  28. 22-6774Dewayne Lewis v. United States
  29. 22-6777Fharis Denane Smith v. United States
  30. 22-6811A. B. v. West Virginia
  31. 22-7013Carl Puckett, et ux. v. Ain Jeem, Inc.
  32. 22-7027Lester Barnett v. North Carolina
  33. 22-7036Michael Lawrence Cassidy v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  34. 22-7039Michael T. Brooks v. Agate Resources, Inc.
  35. 22-7042Rosa Serrano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  36. 22-7047Ilana Rigwan, aka L. Powers v. South Beach Bayside Condominium Association I, Inc.
  37. 22-7049Robert A. Martinez, Jr. v. Lucas County Jail
  38. 22-7050Dorothy Weigman v. Victoria Wertz, as Trustee
  39. 22-7051William Todd Lewallen v. Scott Crow
  40. 22-7054Jamar L. Travillion v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview
  41. 22-7063Colby Dranoel Leonard v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
  42. 22-7064Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  43. 22-7070Kenneth Douglas Clark, III v. Pennsylvania
  44. 22-7072Montoyya Sims v. Fox Ridge Apartments
  45. 22-7078Rick Lee Searcy v. Central Intelligence Agency
  46. 22-7083Rick Lee Searcy v. United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
  47. 22-7086Lorenza Gerald Ferebee, Jr. v. C. Manis, Warden
  48. 22-7099Dana Simmons v. Andrew Beshear
  49. 22-7115Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts
  50. 22-7118Scott David Creech v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
  51. 22-7123Kenneth Chambers v. Indiana
  52. 22-7128James Cody McMahon v. Louisiana
  53. 22-7185Brandon Scott Donaldson v. Tennessee
  54. 22-7186Daniel Ray Mann v. Doug Clark, Warden
  55. 22-7187Jody Lynn Ward v. South Carolina
  56. 22-7192Dan Pizarro v. United States
  57. 22-7200Su Qin Pan v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
  58. 22-7203K. Y. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
  59. 22-7210David McCall, Jr. v. United States
  60. 22-7240Cole Lusby v. United States
  61. 22-7251Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States
  62. 22-7277Genard Alonzo Toney v. United States
  63. 22-7303Patrick Dewayne Smith v. United States
  64. 22-7308Jose Alfredo Solis v. United States
  65. 22-7310Antonio Minnis v. United States
  66. 22-7312Jackie Mitchell v. United States
  67. 22-7313Rakim Moberly v. United States
  68. 22-7329Robert Wayne Gillman v. Florida
  69. 22-7330Pedro Perez-Hernandez v. United States
  70. 22-7333David Jah, Sr. v. United States
  71. 22-7335Enrique Holguin v. United States
  72. 22-7336Shawn Kaleb Drake v. United States
  73. 22-7338Robert Lemke v. United States
  74. 22-7342Dupree Penn v. United States
  75. 22-7344Oscar Jesus Salais v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden
  76. 22-7345Ali F. Elmezayen v. United States
  77. 22-7349Thomas J. M. Goodin v. United States
  78. 22-7350Emanuel Higuera v. United States
  79. 22-7351Leonard Scaggs v. A. Ciolli, Warden
  80. 22-7352Samuel Jesus Avila v. United States
  81. 22-7354Rafael L. Beier v. United States
  82. 22-7361Demonte Tretion Kelly v. United States
  83. 22-7363David Vahlkamp v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  84. 22-7366Donald Joshua Smith v. Omoniyi Akintola
  85. 22-7367Christopher J. Bailey v. United States
  86. 22-7371Ryan William Buchheim v. United States
  87. 22-7378Patrick Ellis Cochran v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  88. 22-7381Larry Anthony Ladson, Jr. v. United StatesThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  89. 21-867Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc. v. Jessica T. BadillaThe motion of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The motion of Professional Services Council for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  90. 22-490Lydell Chestnut, Deputy Warden v. Quincy J. AllenThe motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  91. 22-698Andrew Cohen v. Apple Inc.The motion of City of Berkeley for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  92. 22-906Alan Grayson v. No Labels, Inc.The motion of Professor David A. Logan for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  93. 22-7040Michael Lee Gordon v. Doe, Designation Sentence Computation Center OfficialThe 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.
  94. 22-7056Alexander Cameron v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsThe 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).
  95. 22-7141Donald McDonald v. IllinoisThe 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.

Habeas corpus denied1

  1. 22-7416In Re Ronald PackThe petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.

Mandamus denied4

  1. 22-7038In Re Mohammad Sharifi
  2. 22-7044In Re Jordan Powell
  3. 22-7073In Re Gregory K. Clinton
  4. 22-7116In Re Ramone L. WrightThe petitions for writs of mandamus are denied.

Rehearings denied11

  1. 21-1373D. D., A Minor, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Michaela Ingram, v. Los Angeles Unified School District
  2. 22-612Marshall Spiegel v. 1618 Sheridan Road Condominium Association, Inc.
  3. 22-638Mary La Riccia, et vir v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  4. 22-667Chen Bing v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States
  5. 22-820Lori D. McLaughlin v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
  6. 22-6518In Re Beverly A. Jenkins
  7. 22-6525Keith D. Arline, Jr. v. California
  8. 22-6539Israel Romero v. Allwell from Absolute Total Care
  9. 22-6588In Re Beverly A. Jenkins
  10. 22-6598Yvonne Jiang v. Helen XuThe petitions for rehearing are denied.
  11. 22-6206Albert Holland, Jr. v. FloridaThe petition for rehearing is denied. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. See 28 U.S.C. §455(b)(3) and Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges, Canon 3C(1)(e) (prior government employment).

Attorney discipline14

  1. D-3089IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF ATHANASIOS T. TSIMPEDESAthanasios T. Tsimpedes, of Bethesda, Maryland, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of October 11, 2022; 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 Athanasios T. Tsimpedes is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  2. D-3095IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF RANDOLPH WALKERRandolph Walker, of Corinth, Mississippi, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of December 5, 2022; 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 Randolph Walker is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  3. D-3096IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF GEORGE McDOWELL YODER, IIIGeorge McDowell Yoder, III, of Laurel, Mississippi, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of December 5, 2022; 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 George McDowell Yoder, III is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  4. D-3097IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF ROBERT B. MACHENRobert B. Machen, of Arlington, Virginia, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of December 5, 2022; 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 Robert B. Machen is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  5. D-3099IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF ROBERT TERRY WILSON, JR.Robert Terry Wilson, Jr., of Jasper, Alabama, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of December 12, 2022; 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 Robert Terry Wilson, Jr. is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  6. D-3100IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF JEFFREY ALLEN McINTYREJeffrey Allen McIntyre, of Madison, Wisconsin, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of December 12, 2022; 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 Jeffrey Allen McIntyre is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  7. D-3103IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF TIMOTHY A. BENEDICTTimothy A. Benedict, of Rome, New York, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of January 17, 2023; 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 Timothy A. Benedict is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  8. D-3104IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF GERALD HECHTGerald Hecht, of Danbury, Connecticut, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of January 17, 2023; 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 Gerald Hecht is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  9. D-3105IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF FREDDIE JAY BERGFreddie Jay Berg, of Brooklyn, New York, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of January 17, 2023; 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 Freddie Jay Berg is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  10. D-3106IN THE MATTER OF ARTHUR L. HARRIS, SR.It having been reported that Arthur L. Harris, Sr., of New Orleans, Louisiana, has died, the Rule to Show Cause, issued on January 17, 2023 is discharged.
  11. D-3107IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF JACQUELINE J. SPRADLINGJacqueline J. Spradling, of Iola, Kansas, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of January 17, 2023; 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 Jacqueline J. Spradling is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  12. D-3108IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF PETER CRANE ANDERSONPeter Crane Anderson, of Asheville, North Carolina, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of April 24, 2023; 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 Peter Crane Anderson is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  13. D-3120IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF DONALD VARNADO WATKINSDonald Varnado Watkins, of Birmingham, 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.
  14. D-3121IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF STEVEN BERNARD FABRIZIOSteven Bernard Fabrizio, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, 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.