Supreme Court Report

Order list

Monday, June 24, 2024

7 granted · 8 GVRs · 85 denied · 1 habeas denied · 2 mandamus denied · 7 rehearings denied · 7 in pending cases · 7 discipline · The Court’s PDF · 602 U.S.

Certiorari granted7

  1. 23-477United States v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee
  2. 23-824United States v. David L. Miller
  3. 23-861Nick Feliciano v. Department of Transportation
  4. 23-867Republic of Hungary v. Rosalie Simon
  5. 23-900Dewberry Group, Inc., fka Dewberry Capital Corporation v. Dewberry Engineers Inc.
  6. 23-975Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado
  7. 23-997Karyn D. Stanley v. City of Sanford, FloridaThe petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

Summary dispositions8

  1. 22-1222Damien Guedes v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ExplosivesThe 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 District of Columbia Circuit for further consideration in light of Garland v. Cargill, 602 U. S. ___ (2024).
  2. 23-9AstraZeneca UK Limited v. Joshua AtchleyThe 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 District of Columbia Circuit for further consideration in light of Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh, 598 U. S. 471 (2023). Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  3. 23-47William K. Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Clinton Nurseries, Inc.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 Second Circuit for further consideration in light of United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, 602 U. S. ___ (2024).
  4. 23-101Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Julio Mario Briseno-LunaThe 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 Campos-Chaves v. Garland, 602 U. S. ___ (2024).
  5. 23-278United States Trustee Region 21 v. Bast Amron LLPThe 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 Eleventh Circuit for further consideration in light of United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, 602 U. S. ___ (2024).
  6. 23-489Office of the United States Trustee v. USA Sales, Inc., dba Statewide Distributors, a California CorporationThe 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 United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, 602 U. S. ___ (2024).
  7. 23-542Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Edin Donelsy Madrid-ManciaThe 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 for further consideration in light of Campos-Chaves v. Garland, 602 U. S. ___ (2024).
  8. 23-628Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Azucena Aracely Lazo-GavidiaThe 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 Fourth Circuit for further consideration in light of Campos-Chaves v. Garland, 602 U. S. ___ (2024).

Orders in pending cases7

  1. 23M101PERRY, TERRY V. DIXON, SEC., FL DOCThe motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time is denied.
  2. 23M102ORTIZ, MARITZA V. SUPREME COURT OF PRThe motion for leave to proceed as a veteran is denied.
  3. 23-825Salvatore Delligatti v. United StatesThe motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix is granted.
  4. 23-6760In Re Kinley MacDonald
  5. 23-6762In Re Kinley MacDonaldThe motions of petitioner for reconsideration of orders denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis are denied.
  6. 23-7273Lidia M. Orrego v. Kevin Knipfing, aka Kevin James
  7. 23-7325In Re Linda Ann WrightThe motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis are denied. Petitioners are allowed until July 15, 2024, within which to pay the docketing fees required by Rule 38(a) and to submit petitions in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.

Certiorari denied85

  1. 23-62Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Scott A. Hardin
  2. 23-402Oklahoma v. United States
  3. 23-578Christopher Kinzy v. United States
  4. 23-643We The Patriots USA, Inc. v. Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Development
  5. 23-711James P. Ryan v. Carlo DeMaria, Jr., Mayor of the City of Everett, Massachusetts
  6. 23-721Gayle Killilea v. Richard M. Coan
  7. 23-818Sean Dunne v. Richard M. Coan
  8. 23-797Marco Gonzalez v. Salem Shahin
  9. 23-803Shannon Donoho v. United States
  10. 23-820Ohio v. William Johnson
  11. 23-870Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC v. Department of Transportation
  12. 23-886Carlos Guardado v. Massachusetts
  13. 23-916Franco P. Clement v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
  14. 23-927National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee v. Copyright Royalty Board
  15. 23-935Gene Gonzales v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington
  16. 23-936Anne Davis, on Behalf of Braeden Davis v. District of Columbia
  17. 23-937Joshua James Duggar v. United States
  18. 23-1013Dalibor Kabov and Berry Kabov v. United States
  19. 23-1020Utah v. Alfonso Valdez
  20. 23-1022Nancy Martin v. United States
  21. 23-1033Elouissaint Junior Herby Lamare v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
  22. 23-1037Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Isobel Berry Culp, et vir
  23. 23-1060Richard Rose v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State
  24. 23-1063Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
  25. 23-1163David G. Behenna v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
  26. 23-1075Zehava Friedman v. Republic of Hungary
  27. 23-1129Richard Roche v. LARC, Inc., aka Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens, Inc.
  28. 23-1151Nathaniel Brian Verellen v. Michigan
  29. 23-1152Bernadette Dickerson v. Koch Foods, LLC
  30. 23-1158Ryan Morrison v. Alvaro Ramos, Individually and in His Official Capacity
  31. 23-1161Children’s Health Defense v. Food and Drug Administration
  32. 23-1166VSHPHH Trust v. United States
  33. 23-1172Kristen Lovell v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State
  34. 23-1207Assassination Archives and Research Center v. Central Intelligence Agency
  35. 23-1222Children's Health Defense v. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
  36. 23-1238Chinyere Ogbonna-McGruder v. Austin Peay State University
  37. 23-1247Duncan Abraham Goldberg v. Missouri
  38. 23-1248Keresa Richardson v. Texas
  39. 23-6496Irvin Harris Johnson v. United States
  40. 23-6597Abraham Fagot Mejia v. Florida
  41. 23-6622Miguel Jaimes-Luviano v. Florida
  42. 23-6734C. Holmes v. Anne Milgram, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  43. 23-6797Mark Steven Domingo v. United States
  44. 23-6801Heystin Jesus Lopez-Aguilar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
  45. 23-6804Jonathan Douglas Richardson v. North Carolina
  46. 23-6841Ronald D. Houston v. United States
  47. 23-6863Rena Bilbro v. Education Professional Standards Board
  48. 23-6891Joshua Terrel Brown v. Florida
  49. 23-6901Joshua Lane Tansil v. Florida
  50. 23-6937Mahmoud Almuhtaseb v. Florida
  51. 23-6963James Deon Bryant, Jr. v. Florida
  52. 23-6966Alison Lee Gendreau v. United States
  53. 23-6968Raymond Vincent v. Florida
  54. 23-7124Naftali Dominguez Zenon v. Florida
  55. 23-7162James Hodge v. Florida
  56. 23-7239Bertrand Laidler, Jr. v. Florida
  57. 23-7244Clarence F. Stephenson v. Florida
  58. 23-7245Dustin Jay Harpel v. Florida
  59. 23-7246Harold Stewart v. Florida
  60. 23-7250Rian Waters v. Aidan Kearney
  61. 23-7253Calvin King v. Louisiana
  62. 23-7257Gavin G. Brown v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  63. 23-7262Eric D. Sweet v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  64. 23-7267Vincent Dewayne Gaylord v. Kansas
  65. 23-7270Mark Johnson v. New York
  66. 23-7271Arthur Lomax v. Colorado
  67. 23-7275Charles Gary Singletary, III v. Terrie Wallace, Warden
  68. 23-7300Juan Francisco Turcios v. Texas
  69. 23-7350Raul Zamora-Quinonos v. Illinois
  70. 23-7353Noel Vincent Thomas v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company
  71. 23-7363Orin Kristich v. United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
  72. 23-7375Samuel Gayden v. Illinois
  73. 23-7384Javier Mandry, aka Javier E. Mandry-Mercado v. United States
  74. 23-7387Justin Luis Sanchez v. Florida
  75. 23-7409Fernando Ramirez v. New York
  76. 23-7424Manuel Sepulveda v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
  77. 23-7459Alan Troy Houser v. Stephen Buzas, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene
  78. 23-7472Torrie Chermaine Austin v. Florida
  79. 23-7538Jose Luis Garcia v. Kyeong Park
  80. 23-7552Jermeal White v. Ronald Erdos, Warden
  81. 23-7557Paul Henry Gibson v. Tim Shoop, WardenThe petitions for writs of certiorari are denied.
  82. 23-248James Garfield Broadnax v. TexasThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor and Justice Jackson would reverse the judgment.
  83. 23-1154Kurtis M. Bailey v. Worthington Cylinder CorporationThe petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  84. 23-6702Nardino Colotti v. United StatesThe petition for a writ of certiorari 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 Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Canon 3B(2)(e) (prior government employment).
  85. 23-7282Jeff Baoliang Zhang v. County of Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe 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).

Habeas corpus denied1

  1. 23-7607In Re Kurt A. BenshoofThe petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.

Mandamus denied2

  1. 23-7299In Re Devon Armond Gayles
  2. 23-7302In Re Michael A. FarrellThe petitions for writs of mandamus are denied.

Rehearings denied7

  1. 23-6315In Re Miguel Antonio Garcia
  2. 23-6729Timothy Paul Bush v. United States
  3. 23-6805Bharani Padmanabhan v. Cambridge Health Commission
  4. 23-6867Nelson L. Bruce v. Bank of America, N.A.
  5. 23-6947B. Nicholas Velarde v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States
  6. 23-7127Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board
  7. 23-7196Adam Carson v. United StatesThe petitions for rehearing are denied.

Attorney discipline7

  1. D-3123IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF MARY LEE PILLAMary Lee Pilla, of Novelty, Ohio, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of October 2, 2023; and a rule having been issued requiring her to show cause why she should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Mary Lee Pilla is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  2. D-3125IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF CHASE TRISTAN ESPYChase Tristan Espy, of Vestavia, Alabama, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of February 26, 2024; 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 Chase Tristan Espy is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  3. D-3126IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF MARY CATHERINE KILGUSMary Catherine Kilgus, of Hughesville, Pennsylvania, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of February 26, 2024; and a rule having been issued requiring her to show cause why she should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Mary Catherine Kilgus is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  4. D-3129IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF WILLIAM KALISHWilliam Kalish, of Tampa, Florida, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of February 26, 2024; 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 William Kalish is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  5. D-3131IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF DALE REESE JENSENDale Reese Jensen, of Staunton, Virginia, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of February 26, 2024; 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 Dale Reese Jensen is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  6. D-3132IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF RICHARD BOLINGRichard Boling, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of February 26, 2024; 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 Richard Boling is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.
  7. D-3135IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF WALTER CHARLES BOYUKWalter Charles Boyuk, of St. Clairesville, Ohio, having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of April 29, 2024; and a rule having been issued requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and a response having been filed; It is ordered that Walter Charles Boyuk is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court.