Journal October Term 2017 - Supreme Court of the United States · 2019-08-29 · (JOURNAL) MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 . 1 . SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES . Present ... The Chief

OCTOBER TERM 2017

Reference Index

Contents: Page

Statistics ....................................................................................... II General .......................................................................................... III Admission ..................................................................................... III Appeals ......................................................................................... III Applications ................................................................................. III Arguments ................................................................................... IV Attorneys ...................................................................................... IV Certiorari ..................................................................................... IV Costs .............................................................................................. V Granted Cases ............................................................................. V Motions ......................................................................................... V Opinions ........................................................................................ VI Original Cases ............................................................................. VI Rehearing ..................................................................................... VI Rules ............................................................................................. VII Conclusion .................................................................................... VII

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STATISTICS AS OF JUNE 29, 2018

Original Paid Cases

In Forma Pauperis

Cases Total

Number of cases on docket............. Cases disposed of ..............................

8 1

2062 1740

5320 4465

7390 6206

Remaining on docket 7 322 855 1184

Cases docketed during term: Paid cases ...................................................................................... 1718 In forma pauperis cases ............................................................ 4595 Original cases................................................................................ 2

Total................................................................................................ 6315

Cases remaining from last term ......................................................... 1075 Total cases on the docket..................................................................... 7390 Cases disposed of ................................................................................... 6206 Number remaining on docket.............................................................. 1184 Petitions for certiorari granted:

Paid cases ...................................................................................... 69 In forma pauperis cases ............................................................ 8

Appeals granted: Paid cases ...................................................................................... 1

Total cases granted plenary review................................................... 78 Cases argued during term................................................................... 69

Number disposed of by full opinions........................................ 63 Number disposed of by per curiam opinions......................... 6 Number set for reargument for next term............................. 0

Cases available for argument at beginning of term ....................... 32 Disposed of summarily after review was granted .......................... 5 Original cases set for argument ......................................................... 2 Cases reviewed and decided without oral argument...................... 103 Total cases available for argument at start of next term ............. 38

Number of written opinions of the Court......................................... 59 Per curiam opinions in argued cases ................................................ 6

Number of lawyers admitted to practice as of June 29, 2018: On written motion........................................................................ 2242 On oral motion .............................................................................. 1908 Total................................................................................................ 4150

III

GENERAL: Page 2016 Term closed and 2017 Term convened October 2,

2017.......................................................................................... 1 Allotment order.......................................................................... 907 Chief Justice announces employee retirements................... 887 Chief Justice announces that the Court's electronic fling

system has begun operation ............................................... 251 Chief Justice notes Justice Kennedy's 30th Anniversary ... 465 Chief Justice welcomes President and Chief Justice of the

Supreme Court of the Republic of Kenya........................ 757 Order extending deadline to fle petitions for certiorari in

cases arising from the state or federal courts of Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands................................................... 138

Solicitor General Francisco presented to the Court........... 1

ADMISSION:

Chief Justice uses American Sign Language in granting a motion .................................................................................. 432

APPEALS:

Dismissed as moot (17-1339).................................................... 775 Dismissed for want of jurisdiction (17-680; 17-780;

17-1368) .............................................................................. 417, 795 Judgment affrmed (16-166) ..................................................... 889 Jurisdiction postponed (17-333; 17-586; 17-626) .............. 331, 415

APPLICATIONS:

Application for injunctive relief denied with dissents noted (18A118)....................................................................... 927

Application for stay denied without prejudice with nota-tion about breadth and justiciability of claims (18A65) ... 905

Application for stay granted with dissent(s) noted (17A550; 17A745; 17-7505 & 17A770) .................................... 325, 433, 455

Application for stay of execution granted; four Justices noted that they would deny the application (17-8151 & 17A911) ................................................................................... 597

Application to recall and stay the mandate granted with dissents noted (18A146) ....................................................... 925

Application to vacate injunction granted with dissents noted (17A360; 17A440) .................................................. 142, 191

IV

Application to vacate stay denied with dissents noted (18A240) .................................................................................. 929

Partial stay of USDC order pending timely fling and dis-position of an appeal to this Court; two Justices noted they would grant application in its entirety; two Jus-tices noted they would deny application in its entirety (17A790) .................................................................................. 461

Stay of execution denied with statements respecting the denial of stay and dissenting from denial of stay (17-7855 & 17A900) ............................................................... 517

Stay of execution granted with dissents noted (17-7505 & 17A770; 17-8151 & 17A911) ............................................ 455, 597

Stay of USDC proceedings pending timely fling and dis-position of an appeal to this Court (17A859)................... 541

Stay of USDC order pending timely fling and disposition of an appeal to this Court with dissents noted (17A745) 433

ARGUMENTS:

Case removed from argument calendar and held in abey-ance (16-581)........................................................................... 189

Chief Justice announces additional argument time during oral argument (16-980)......................................................... 414

Chief Justice announces additional argument time prior to oral argument (16-402).................................................... 298

Justice Gorsuch recused (16-1495; 17-43) ......................... 513, 516 Justice Kagan recused (16-534; 15-1204) .......................... 324, 535 Motion for divided argument and enlargement of time

granted (17-586 & 17-626) ................................................... 641 Motion of Professor Aditya Bamzai to participate in oral

argument as amicus curiae granted (16-961, 16-1017 & 16-1423) ................................................................................... 353

ATTORNEYS:

Court appoints amicus to brief and argue in support of judgment below (17-130; 17-773)................................... 433, 773

Motion for appointment of counsel granted (16-402; 16-6855; 17-5716; 17-5639; 17-312) ............ 6, 333, 417, 543, 701

Rule to show cause vacated due to mistaken identity (D-2973)................................................................................... 285

CERTIORARI:

Case affrmed because Court lacked quorum (17-5064) ..... 9

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Dissent from the denial of certiorari (16-9448; 17-5083; 16-9282; 16-1320 & 17-8; 17-7855; 17-342; 17-6735; 17-6844; 17-225; 17-962; 17-7171 & 17-7545; 17-6883; 17-8148; 17-565; 17-7245)................................................ 184, 260,

282, 495, 517, 527, 551, 583, 630, 803, 849, 897, 898 Granted, vacated and remanded as to eight cases and

denied as to other seven cases in Rule 12.4 petition (16-7667).................................................................................. 721

Judgment vacated and case remanded, citing Munsing-wear (16-1436; 16-1540; 17-350; 17-654)........ 171, 193, 724, 795

Petition for mandamus treated as petition for certiorari and granted (17-801)............................................................. 351

Response to petition for writ of certiorari ordered to be fled six days after petition fled (17-1194)....................... 533

Statement respecting the denial of certiorari (16-739; 16-9304; 17-7855; 17-251; 17-6232; 17-8491; 16-1189) ....... 183,

316, 517, 583, 584, 878, 897 Statement respecting petition for writ of certiorari

(16-317).................................................................................... 639 Granted, vacated and remanded in light of position as-

serted by Solicitor General (16-9461; 17-6297) ............... 3, 437 Granted, vacated and remanded in light of confession of

error by Solicitor General (17-270).................................... 355

COSTS:

Motion for just damages and costs denied (16-1446) .......... 114

GRANTED CASES:

Dismissed as improvidently granted (16-1495; 16-961; 16-1017) ...................................................................... 790, 863, 864

Judgment vacated and case dismissed as moot; dissenting Justice would dismiss as improvidently granted (16-1436; 16-1540).................................................................... 171, 193

MOTIONS:

For reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted (16-8470)..................................... 114

To expedite consideration of petition for writ of certiorari before judgment granted in part (17-1003)...................... 453

To remove case from argument calendar and hold in abey-ance granted (16-581) ........................................................... 189

To strike supplemental brief granted (15-1439) .................. 356




VI

OPINIONS:

Dissenting opinion announced (15-1204; 16-307; 16-1454; 16-1140; 17-965; 16-1466)........................ 535, 769, 883, 885, 887

Judgment affrmed by an equally divided Court (17-269).... 830 Justice Gorsuch recused (17-43; 16-1495; 17-5639).... 751, 790, 852 Justice Kagan recused (16-534; 15-1204) .......................... 515, 535 Justice Kennedy recused (17-269)........................................... 830 Per curiam; not argued (16-1468; 17-193; 17-801; 17-515;

17-654) ................................................................ 229, 351, 465, 795 Per curiam with dissent(s) (17-6075; 17-467; 17-1106; 17-

1364)............................................................................ 355, 621, 889 Per curiam with concurrences (17-193) ................................ Per curiam with Justice Gorsuch recused (16-1495) .......... Per curiam with Justice Kennedy recused (17-269)........... Per curiam opinion announced by Chief Justice (17-2) .....

229 790 830 673

ORIGINAL CASES:

65, Original, Fees granted ....................................................... 137, Original, Report of Special Master ordered fled,

judgment and decree entered, Justice Kagan recused.. 137, Original, Final motion of Special Master for fees

granted, Special Master discharged with thanks of Court, Justice Kagan recused.............................................

141, Original, Motions for leave to intervene denied, ex-ceptions to Report of Special Master set for argument

141, Original, Opinion sustaining in part and overruling in part exceptions to Report of Special Master and re-manding case to Special Master.........................................

141, Original, Special Master discharged with thanks of Court, new Special Master appointed...............................

142, Original, Exceptions to Report of Special Master set for argument ..........................................................................

142, Original, Opinion remanding case, four Justices dissenting................................................................................

148 & 149, Original, Solicitor General invited to fle..........

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465

601

148

552

621

148

887 644

REHEARING:

Rehearing granted (16-6259) ................................................... 839




VII

RULES:

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure amended................. 699 Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure amended............. 699 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure amended ......................... 700 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure amended .................. 700

CONCLUSION:

Remarks of Chief Justice regarding the end of the Term .... 887




1 (JOURNAL) MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Present: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Kennedy, Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, Justice Sotomayor, Jus-tice Kagan, and Justice Gorsuch.

The Chief Justice said: “I have the honor to announce, on behalf of the Court, that the Octo-

ber 2016 Term of the Supreme Court of the United States is now closed, and the October 2017 Term is now convened.”

“Today’s orders of the Court have been duly entered and certified, and filed with the Clerk.”

“The Court now recognizes the Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall.”

“The Court at this time wishes to note for the record that Jeffrey Wall has served as Acting Solicitor General from March 10, 2017, to September 19, 2017. The Court recognizes the considerable responsibil-ity placed upon you, Mr. Wall, to represent the Government of the United States before this Court. You have our sincere appreciation.”

Deputy Solicitor General Wall said: “Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the

Court. I have the honor to present to the Court the Solicitor General of the United States, the Honorable Noel J. Francisco of Washington, D. C.”

The Chief Justice said: “Mr. Solicitor General, the Court welcomes you to the performance

of the important office that you have assumed, to represent the Gov-ernment of the United States before this Court. You follow in the foot-steps of other outstanding attorneys who have held your new office. Your commission will be duly recorded by the Clerk.”

Solicitor General Francisco said: “Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice.”

Certiorari—Summary Dispositions

No. 16–1125. Rogers Lacaze, Petitioner v. Louisiana. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Motion of Louisi-ana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Motion of National Jury Project for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Motion of The Ethics Bureau at Yale for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Peti-




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tion for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case re-manded to the Supreme Court of Louisiana for further consideration in light of Rippo v. Baker, 580 U. S. ––– (2017).

No. 16–1533. E. F., a Minor, By and Through His Parents, Eric Ful-sang, et ux., et al., Petitioners v. Newport Mesa Unified School District. On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for further consideration in light of Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Dist. RE-1, 580 U. S. ––– (2017).

No. 16–8644. Thomas Cureton, Petitioner v. United States. On peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sev-enth Circuit for further consideration in light of Dean v. United States, 581 U. S. ––– (2017).

No. 16–8811. Robert J. Cassinelli, Petitioner v. Janice R. Cassinelli. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to the Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two for further con-sideration in light of Howell v. Howell, 581 U. S. ––– (2017).

No. 16–8909. Steven Lynn Long, Petitioner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Divi-sion. On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judg-ment vacated, and case remanded to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Fifth Circuit for further consideration in light of Moore v. Texas, 581 U. S. ––– (2017).

No. 16–9411. Michael Anglin, Petitioner v. United States. On peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sev-enth Circuit for further consideration in light of Dean v. United States, 581 U. S. ––– (2017).

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No. 16–9461. Thomas Joseph Close, Petitioner v. United States. On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Elev-enth Circuit in light of the position asserted by the Solicitor General in his memorandum for the United States filed on June 30, 2017.

No. 17–109. Simmons Sporting Goods, Inc., Petitioner v. Carolyn Lawson. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Arkansas. Petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to the Court of Appeals of Arkansas for further consideration in light of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty., 582 U. S. ––– (2017).

Orders in Pending Cases

No. 17A92 (17–96). Josaia Tawake Saro, Applicant v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General. Application for stay addressed to Jus-tice Sotomayor and referred to the Court denied.

No. 17M1. Edbert Neal Williams, Petitioner v. Michelle Smith, War-den. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal granted.

No. 17M2. Eli Chabot, Petitioner v. United States. Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record granted.

No. 17M3. Linda Dunbar, Petitioner v. City of Houston, Texas, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M4. George Cleveland, III, Petitioner v. Daniel D. Hall, Judge, Circuit Court of South Carolina, York County, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M5. Clotilde C. Jimenez, Petitioner v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M6. Jeffri Tyrone Roberts, Petitioner v. John N. Katavich, Warden. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certio-rari out of time denied.

No. 17M7. Jane Doe, Petitioner v. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time denied.








No. 17M8. Larry Lee Smith, Petitioner v. Missouri Department of Mental Health. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M9. Jerome Blyden, Petitioner v. United States. Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal granted.

No. 17M10. Christopher Bryan Garcia, Petitioner v. United States. Motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record granted.

No. 17M11. Patrick Frank Bryan, Petitioner v. David J. Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Motion for leave to proceed as a vet-eran denied.

No. 17M12. Gareic Jerard Hankston, Petitioner v. Texas. Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari with supplemental appendix under seal granted.

No. 17M13. Sylvia Veronica Scott, Petitioner v. Transitional Hospital Corporation of Louisiana, Inc., dba Kindred Hospital New Orleans. Mo-tion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M14. Krzysztof Doroz, Petitioner v. Tect Utica Corporation. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M15. John Jones Bey, Petitioner v. Indiana, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M16. Steven T. Corbin, Petitioner v. Lee J. Lofthus, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M17. John Edward Kuplen, Petitioner v. Erik A. Hooks, Secre-tary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M18. Morgan Amanda Leppert, Petitioner v. Florida. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M19. Kirk Lee Anderson, Petitioner v. United States. Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record granted.








No. 17M20. David James Carlson, Petitioner v. County of Ramsey, Minnesota, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M21. Alvin Lavon Moore, Petitioner v. Georgia-Pacific Corpo-ration. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M22. Troy Newman, Petitioner v. National Abortion Federa-tion, et al. Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record granted.

No. 17M23. Curtis Lee Sheppard, Jr., Petitioner v. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M24. Curtis Lee Sheppard, Jr., Petitioner v. Abel Acosta, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M25. Curtis Lee Sheppard, Jr., Petitioner v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M26. Daniel Roberts, Petitioner v. Bexar County Sheriff’s De-partment, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M27. Eljvir Duka, Petitioner v. United States. Motion to di-rect the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M28. Henry E. Gossage, Petitioner v. Merit Systems Protec-tion Board. Motion for leave to proceed as a veteran granted.

No. 17M29. Charles Chukwumeze Eleri, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for a writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M30. In Re Robert K. Hudnall, Petitioner. Motion for leave to proceed as a veteran granted.

No. 17M31. Edgar Tatum, Petitioner v. Peter Murphy, Warden. Mo-tion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M32. Curtis Jacobs, Petitioner v. Florida. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M33. Eugene K. Jones-El, Petitioner v. George Lombardi, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.








No. 17M34. Larry Lee Smith, Petitioner v. Patti Wachtendorf, War-den. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M35. Jason Robert Brinker, Petitioner v. Bilderberg Group, et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time denied.

No. 17M36. Tiran Casteel, Petitioner v. United States. Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record granted.

No. 65, Original. State of Texas, Plaintiff v. State of New Mexico. Motion of River Master for fees and expenses is granted, and the River Master is awarded a total of $7505.97, for the period July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017, to be paid equally by the parties.

No. 16–402. Timothy Ivory Carpenter, Petitioner v. United States. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed further herein in forma pauperis is granted. The motion of petitioner for appointment of counsel granted, and Harold Gurewitz, Esquire, of Detroit, Michigan, is ap-pointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.

No. 16–1094. Republic of Sudan, Petitioner v. Rick Harrison, et al. The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

No. 16–1275. Virginia Uranium, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. John War-ren, et al. The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

No. 16–1436. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. International Refugee Assistance Project, et al.; and

No. 16–1540. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. Hawaii, et al. Motion of Foundation for Moral Law for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted.

No. 16–1498. Washington State Department of Licensing, Petitioner v. Cougar Den, Inc. The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

No. 16–8138. Deloris Phillips, Petitioner v. City of Dallas, Texas, et al. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.

No. 16–8279. Deloris Phillips, Petitioner v. Dallas County Commu-nity College District, et al. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.








No. 16–8384. Deloris Phillips, Petitioner v. Dallas City Attorney’s Office, et al. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.

No. 16–8395. Arthur Brennan Malloy, Petitioner v. Dewayne Estes, Warden, et al. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.

No. 16–8423. Terence Bonner, Petitioner v. Superior Court of Cali-fornia, San Diego County, et al. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.

No. 16–8441. Donald G. Jackman, Jr., Petitioner v. Jordan Hollings-worth, Warden. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order deny-ing leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.

No. 16–8495. Arthur Brennan Malloy, Petitioner v. Montgomery County, Alabama, et al. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.

No. 16–8561. Nancy Morrow, Petitioner v. Megan J. Brennan, Post-master General; and

No. 16–8562. Nancy Morrow, Petitioner v. Megan J. Brennan, Post-master General. Motions of petitioner for reconsideration of orders denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.

No. 16–8825. Glenn J. Hopkins, Petitioner v. Illinois Workers’ Com-pensation Commission, et al. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.

No. 16–9258. In Re Linda Ann Wright, Petitioner. Motion of peti-tioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner al-lowed until October 23, 2017, 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.

No. 16–9305. Priscilla Ann Ellis, Petitioner v. United States. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.

No. 16–9439. Elias Quintana, Petitioner v. Ken Adair, et al. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, 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. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.

No. 16–9454. David E. Zanders, Jr., Petitioner v. U. S. Bank. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner








allowed until October 23, 2017, 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.

No. 16–9663. Norman Douglas Diamond, Petitioner v. United States. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, within which to pay the dock-eting fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.

No. 16–9664. Norman Douglas Diamond, Petitioner v. United States. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, within which to pay the dock-eting fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.

No. 16–9705. Jeffrey Hawkins, Petitioner v. Michigan. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, 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.

No. 16–9707. Ibrahim Donmez, Petitioner v. New York City Depart-ment of Consumer Affairs, et al. Motion of petitioner for leave to pro-ceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, 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.

No. 16–9708. Ibrahim Donmez, Petitioner v. New York City Depart-ment of Consumer Affairs, et al. Motion of petitioner for leave to pro-ceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, 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.

No. 16–9727. Josephat Mua and Francoise Vandenplas, Petitioners v. California Casualty Indemnity Exchange. Motion of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioners allowed until October 23, 2017, 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.

No. 17–5037. Shanelle Joseph, Petitioner v. City of Cedar Hill Police Department, et al. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, 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.

No. 17–5039. Gregory Birmingham, Petitioner v. PNC Bank, N.A. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, within which to pay the dock-eting fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.

No. 17–5064. Gary Lee Chute, Petitioner v. Nifty-Fifties, Inc., et al. Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U. S. C. § 1, and since the quali-fied Justice is of the opinion that the case cannot be heard and deter-mined at the next Term of the Court, the judgment is affirmed under 28 U. S. C. § 2109, which provides that under these circumstances “the court shall enter its order affirming the judgment of the court from which the case was brought for review with the same effect as upon affirmance by an equally divided court.” The Chief Justice, Justice Ken-nedy, Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, Justice Sotomayor and Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

No. 17–5155. Andrew Johnson, Petitioner v. District of Columbia. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, within which to pay the dock-eting fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.

No. 17–5244. Julius Michael Engel, Petitioner v. State Bar of Califor-nia. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, within which to pay the dock-eting fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.

No. 17–5381. Willian Lee Gray, Petitioner v. Pat Vasquez, Warden. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, within which to pay the dock-eting fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.

No. 17–5424. David A. Golden, Petitioner v. Washington, et al. Mo-tion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Peti-tioner allowed until October 23, 2017, within which to pay the docket-ing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.








No. 17–5431. Peter Barclay, Petitioner v. Oregon, et al. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioner allowed until October 23, 2017, 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 Denied

No. 16–668. Emmett Magee, Petitioner v. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–768. Richard Snyder, Governor of Michigan, et al., Petition-ers v. John Does #1-5, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–790. Kap Sun Butka, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–916. Malcolm A. Smith, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1001. Lauren Gohl, as Next Friend of J. G., Petitioner v. Livonia Public Schools School District, et al. Petition for writ of certio-rari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1009. Murat Aksu, Petitioner v. California. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of California Ventura County denied.

No. 16–1018. Erin S. Thomas, Petitioner v. West Virginia. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Vir-ginia denied.

No. 16–1022. Timothy Bell, Petitioner v. Eugene McAdory, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1044. Alaska, Petitioner v. United Cook Inlet Drift Associa-tion, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1045. Ken Nowlin, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1083. Gabrielle Goodwin, Petitioner v. Florida Department of Children and Families. Petition for writ of certiorari to the District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District denied.








No. 16–1087. John Joseph Carvalho, II, Petitioner v. North Carolina. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of North Caro-lina denied.

No. 16–1098. United States, ex rel. Roland Wade Jackson, Petitioner v. University of North Texas, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1120. Con-Way Freight, Incorporated, Petitioner v. National Labor Relations Board. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1128. ITT Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Ricky Allen Lee, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1136. Sam Leslie, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Fitness Holdings International, Inc., Petitioner v. Hancock Park Capital II, L.P., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1147. Donyelle Woods, Petitioner v. Willie Smith, Warden. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1148. Evergreen Partnering Group, Inc., Petitioner v. Pactiv Corporation, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.

No. 16–1149. Paul M. Daugerdas, Petitioner v. United States. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1169. Ariel Arencibia, Petitioner v. Mortgage Guaranty In-surance Corporation. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1171. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Petitioner v. M. M., a Minor, By and Through Her Mother and Next Friend, Audrey Meyers, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District denied.

No. 16–1190. Michael Davis, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1197. QinetiQ U. S. Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries, Peti-tioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Petition for writ of certio-rari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.








No. 16–1200. Hoda Samuel, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1206. Finn Batato, et al., Petitioners v. United States. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1207. Russell Bellant, et al., Petitioners v. Rick Snyder, Gov-ernor of Michigan, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1231. Anthony Douglas Elonis, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1244. Sean Fitzpatrick, Petitioner v. Massachusetts. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts denied.

No. 16–1251. Dale W. Steager, West Virginia State Tax Commis-sioner, Petitioner v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Petition for writ of cer-tiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia denied.

No. 16–1259. Antonio Farias, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1265. Nijjar Realty, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Germaine Judge, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District denied.

No. 16–1278. United States, ex rel. Leatra Harper, et al., Petitioners v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1285. N. E., By and Through His Parents, C. E., et ux., et al., Petitioners v. Seattle School District. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1286. Delaware River Port Authority, Petitioner v. Anthony J. Carroll. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1287. Erik Michael Kulick, Petitioner v. Deanna Lynn Kulick. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Oregon denied.

No. 16–1288. Synopsys, Inc., Petitioner v. Mentor Graphics Corpora-tion. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Federal Circuit denied.








No. 16–1290. Michael Demirdjian, Petitioner v. Connie Gipson, Warden. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1293. Elmer Howard Whisenant, Jr., Petitioner v. Texas. Pe-tition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas denied.

No. 16–1296. Robert Brannon, Petitioner v. Thomas Winn, Warden. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1298. Astrit Bekteshi, aka Ermir Muhamet Gonxhi, aka Erimi Goxhaj, aka Miri, aka Billy, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1299. Treneshia Dukes, Petitioner v. Nicholas Deaton, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1300. Martza Ortiz, Individually and on Behalf of A. B. O., a Minor, et al., Petitioners v. Nydia Z. Jimenez-Sanchez, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.

No. 16–1301. Kirtish Patel, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1302. TruGreen, Inc., Petitioner v. Kasie Stevens-Bratton. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1306. Andrew U. D. Straw, Petitioner v. Jane E. Magnus-Stinson. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1308. Darrell I. Bolden, Petitioner v. Missouri; and No. 16–1438. Missouri, Petitioner v. Darrell I. Bolden. Petitions for

writs of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Missouri, Eastern Dis-trict denied.

No. 16–1309. S.G.E. Management, L.L.C., et al., Petitioners v. Juan Ramon Torres, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1310. Harley Marine Services, Inc., Petitioner v. Department of Labor, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.








No. 16–1312. Aslan T. Soobzokov, Petitioner v. Eric Lichtblau, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1314. Roderic Malcolm Schmidt, Petitioner v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1316. David Christopher Hesse, Petitioner v. Texas. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Texas, First District denied.

No. 16–1318. Bharanidharan Padmanabhan, Petitioner v. Maura Healey, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.

No. 16–1322. Robert Bertuglia, et al., Petitioners v. Jeffrey Schaf-fler. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1324. Christine J. Williams, Petitioner v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1332. Daniel V. Marino, Petitioner v. Usher, aka Usher Terry Raymond, IV, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1334. John Loffredo, et al., Petitioners v. Daimler AG, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1335. David M. Oestreicher, Petitioner v. Carpenter, Ben-nett & Morrissey, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1336. Top Flite Financial Inc., Petitioner v. Bridging Com-munities Inc., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1337. Donte Lamar Jones, Petitioner v. Virginia. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Virginia denied.

No. 16–1339. Ernest Hanes, et ux., Petitioners v. Armed Forces In-surance Exchange. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1340. Thea Smith, Petitioner v. Louisiana, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit denied.








No. 16–1341. Christopher J. McCloskey, Petitioner v. Anne Miriam McCloskey, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1349. Daniel Banks, Petitioner v. Shaun Carroll, Jr., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.

No. 16–1350. RiverStone Group, Inc., Petitioner v. Midwest Operat-ing Engineers Welfare Fund, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1352. James Russell, Petitioner v. The Journal News, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1356. Anthony Piszel, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied.

No. 16–1357. Vincent Theodore Damico, Petitioner v. Harrah’s Phila-delphia Casino & Racetrack, aka Chester Downs and Marina LLC, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1359. Reuven Gilmore, Individually, as the Administrator of the Estate of Esh Kodesh Gilmore and as Natural Guardian of Plain-tiffs Eliana Gilmore and Dror Gilmore, et al., Petitioners v. Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority, et al. Petition for writ of certio-rari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied.

No. 16–1360. Anthony Shore, Petitioner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Divi-sion. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1361. Homewood Village LLC, et al., Petitioners v. Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. Petition for writ of cer-tiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Cir-cuit denied.

No. 16–1364. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Petitioner v. Supe-rior Court of California, San Francisco County, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate Dis-trict denied.

No. 16–1365. Lee Jason Kibler, dba DJ Logic, Petitioner v. Robert Bryson Hall, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.








No. 16–1366. Dianne L. Butts, Petitioner v. Prince William County School Board. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1367. Francois de Cassagnol, Petitioner v. New Jersey Bas-ketball, LLC, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1370. MasTec Advanced Technologies, a Division of MasTec, Inc., Petitioner v. National Labor Relations Board. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied.

No. 16–1373. Ryan Brown, Petitioner v. Randall Haas, Warden. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1374. Alexander Aceval, Petitioner v. Derrick Bond. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1378. Joel D. Joseph, Petitioner v. Attorney Grievance Com-mission of Maryland. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Maryland denied.

No. 16–1380. Mark Monje, et ux., Individually and on Behalf of their Minor Son, R. M., Petitioners v. Spin Master Inc., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1381. Michael Roger Mills, Petitioner v. Florida. Petition for writ of certiorari to the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District denied.

No. 16–1382. Philip R. Shawe, Petitioner v. Elizabeth Elting. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Delaware denied.

No. 16–1384. Tandra Gordon, Petitioner v. Brian Gordon. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama denied.

No. 16–1385. Gary Watkins, Petitioner v. Jodi DeAngelo-Kipp, War-den. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1386. Susan L. Vaughan, Petitioner v. Anderson Regional Medical Center. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1387. Troy W. Simmons, D.D.S., P.C., et al., Petitioners v. Charles Smith, Executive Commissioner, Texas Health and Human








Services Commission. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Texas, Twelfth District denied.

No. 16–1389. Richard D. Davis, III, Petitioner v. Folsom Cordova Unified School District, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1390. Jonathan Cohen, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1392. Bruno Mancari, Petitioner v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Act-ing Commissioner of Social Security. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1393. Lloyd Glen Williams, Petitioner v. United States. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1397. Isaac Lee Hykes, Petitioner v. Steven T. Mnuchin, Sec-retary of the Treasury. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1398. Victaulic Company, Petitioner v. United States, ex rel. Customs Fraud Investigations, LLC. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1400. Nicholas Jay Wilson, Petitioner v. Department of the Navy. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Federal Circuit denied.

No. 16–1401. Brandon J. Collins, Petitioner v. Wisconsin. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1403. Charles Reynolds, Petitioner v. Bethel Park School District. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania denied.

No. 16–1405. Earl De Vries, Petitioner v. Regents of the University of California. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District denied.

No. 16–1406. Correctional Medical Services, Inc., nka Corizon, Peti-tioner v. Alma Glisson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Nicho-las L. Glisson. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1409. Samantha Milby, Petitioner v. MCMC LLC. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.








No. 16–1410. Celeste Puppolo, Personal Representative of the Es-tate of Nancy V. Puppolo, Petitioner v. Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring, Inc. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Special Ap-peals of Maryland denied.

No. 16–1411. Keith M. Kutska, Petitioner v. Wisconsin. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District III denied.

No. 16–1414. Mario D. Thompson, Petitioner v. Arkansas. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Arkansas denied.

No. 16–1415. Jill M. Alban, et al., Petitioners v. Nippon Yusen Ka-bushiki Kaisha, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1416. Elvira Peng, Petitioner v. CitiMortgage Inc.; and Elv-ira Peng, Petitioner v. Landmark Building & Development Co., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of New Jersey denied.

No. 16–1417. Jose Rodrigues, Petitioner v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of New Jer-sey, Appellate Division denied.

No. 16–1418. Armando Ramirez, Petitioner v. T&H Lemont, Incor-porated. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1419. Huafeng Xu, Petitioner v. Terex Corp. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1420. Al Zeiny, Petitioner v. United States, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1421. Cricket Store 17, dba Taboo, Petitioner v. City of Co-lumbia, South Carolina. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1425. Ajay Kajla, Petitioner v. U. S. Bank National Associa-tion, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston MBS ARMT 2005-8. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division denied.

No. 16–1427. Henry Oleksy, Petitioner v. General Electric Company. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied.








No. 16–1428. Israel Bornstein, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Amit Bornstein, Petitioner v. Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1430. Xingzhong Shi, aka Frank, Petitioner v. Trent Mont-gomery, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1431. Patricia Lauren Tumminello, Petitioner v. Father Ryan High School, Inc. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1433. David Hayden, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Elev-enth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1434. Robert Dallas, Petitioner v. United States Army Corps of Engineers. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1437. Commonwealth Election Commission, et al., Petition-ers v. John H. Davis, Jr. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1440. Ms. M., Individually and as Parent and Legal Guardian of O. M., a Minor, Petitioner v. Falmouth School Department. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.

No. 16–1442. Lakshmi Arunachalam, Petitioner v. SAP America, Inc. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Federal Circuit denied.

No. 16–1443. Edward Davis, Petitioner v. Lawrence Mahally, Super-intendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1444. Eagle Cove Camp & Conference Center, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Town of Woodboro, Wisconsin, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1447. Kenneth G. Frantz, Petitioner v. PennyMac Holdings, LLC. Petition for writ of certiorari to the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District denied.

No. 16–1448. Jose Eduardo Farach Farach, Petitioner v. Elizabeth Jarufe. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District denied.








No. 16–1451. United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Imple-ment Workers of America Local 3047, et al., Petitioners v. Hardin County, Kentucky, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1452. Craig Ross, et al., Petitioners v. Board of Trustees of California State University. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1453. Robert K. Neuman, Petitioner v. Illinois, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1455. New York Pet Welfare Association, Inc., Petitioner v. City of New York, New York, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1458. Eileen Hernandez, et al., Petitioners v. Lualhati Crespo, et al.; Women’s Care Florida, LLC, aka Delaney Obstetrics and Gynecology, Petitioner v. A. K., et al.; and Women’s Care Florida, LLC, et al., Petitioners v. A. G., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida denied.

No. 16–1460. Brian W. Justice, Petitioner v. Wells Fargo Bank Na-tional Association, on Behalf of the Registered Holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, I, L.L.C., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-AC2, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1461. Ramchandra Adhikari, et al., Petitioners v. Kellogg Brown & Root, Incorporated, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1462. Phillip Brown, Petitioner v. S. L. Burt, Warden, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1465. Ernest Keister, et al., Petitioners v. PPL Corporation, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1467. Danuta Lobeck, Petitioner v. Tina M. Licatino, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1469. Harold L. Wilborn, Petitioner v. Merit Systems Protec-tion Board. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied.








No. 16–1470. Warren Robert Wegesend, Sr., et ux., Petitioners v. OneWest Bank, N.A. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii denied.

No. 16–1471. Darin A. Jones, Petitioner v. Merit Systems Protection Board. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied.

No. 16–1472. David W. Parvin, Petitioner v. Mississippi. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Mississippi denied.

No. 16–1473. Jill Meyer, Petitioner v. New York State Office of Men-tal Health, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1476. Sik Gaek, Inc., Petitioner v. Yogi’s II, Inc., et al. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1477. Carlos Ellis Powell and Eric Jerome Powell, Petition-ers v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1478. Michael J. Pence, et ux., Petitioners v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One denied.

No. 16–1479. Final Exit Network, Inc., Petitioner v. Minnesota. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Minnesota denied.

No. 16–1481. Elizabeth Horowitz, et al., Petitioners v. Michael D. Mason, Judge, Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1482. David Anthony Fernandez, Petitioner v. Daimler AG, fka DaimlerChrysler, A.G., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of New York denied.

No. 16–1484. United States, ex rel. Pram Nguyen, Petitioner v. City of Cleveland, Ohio. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1485. Frankie Petrie, et al., Petitioners v. Rick Scott, In His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District denied.

No. 16–1486. Charles Sokpa-Anku, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. Ses-sions, III, Attorney General. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.








No. 16–1489. Arizona, Petitioner v. Joe Paul Martinez. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Arizona denied.

No. 16–1490. Edmund W. Clarke, Petitioner v. California Commis-sion on Judicial Performance. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Su-preme Court of California denied.

No. 16–1491. Chris Young, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1492. Linda Surratt, as Heir and Legal Representative of the Estate of Lesa Ann Surratt, Deceased, Petitioner v. Brian McCl-aran, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1493. George David, Petitioner v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1494. Jean Coulter, Petitioner v. James E. Mahood, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Office denied.

No. 16–1496. New Jersey, Petitioner v. Ricky Zuber, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of New Jersey denied.

No. 16–1497. Amy J. McDaniel, Individually and as Assignee of the Estate of Edward Murotani, Decedent, Petitioner v. Government Em-ployees Insurance Company. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1499. Benjamin Talbert, Petitioner v. Mississippi. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Mississippi denied.

No. 16–1501. Travis Miner, Petitioner v. Youngquist Brothers Oil & Gas, Inc., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Colorado denied.

No. 16–1502. Pedro Noriega, Jr., et al., Petitioners v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1504. Margaret Bach, Petitioner v. St. Vincent Hospital, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District III denied.

No. 16–1505. Voter Verified, Inc., Petitioner v. Election Systems & Software LLC. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied.








No. 16–1506. Kendrick D. Alexander, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1507. Marvine Calloway, Petitioner v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District denied.

No. 16–1508. Patti Lardas, et al. , Petitioners v. Slavko Grcic, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1511. Michael J. Szymanski, Petitioner v. Wailea Resort Com-pany, Ltd., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii denied.

No. 16–1512. Mark Kassa, Petitioner v. Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1513. PLIVA INC., Petitioner v. Superior Court of Califor-nia, City and County of San Francisco, et al. Petition for writ of certio-rari to the Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District denied.

No. 16–1514. Barbara M. Brown, Petitioner v. Thomas P. Gorman, Chapter 13 Trustee. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1515. Dale E. Alsager, Petitioner v. Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2 denied.

No. 16–1516. Leonora Nelson, Petitioner v. Levy Center LLC, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1520. Ramona Lum Rocheleau, Petitioner v. Microsemi Cor-poration, Inc. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1521. James M. Saylor, Petitioner v. Nebraska. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Nebraska denied.

No. 16–1522. Yan Sui, Petitioner v. Richard A. Marshack, Chapter 7 Trustee, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1523. Ronnie Price, et al., Petitioners v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. Petition








for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1525. Markus Hendrik Kaarma, Petitioner v. Montana. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Montana denied.

No. 16–1527. Cable Communications, Inc., Petitioner v. Matteo Bru-nozzi, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1528. Lloyd George White, Petitioner v. Tamara Jazzie, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1529. Raybourne and Dean Consulting Limited, Petitioner v. Metrica, Incorporated, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1530. Gloria E. Swanson, Petitioner v. Baker & McKenzie, LLP, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1534. Sue Ann Easterling, Petitioner v. Tensas Parish School Board. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1535. Venus Dodson, Petitioner v. JRL Music, Inc., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

No. 16–1536. Patricia Holtz, et al., Petitioners v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1538. Mark A. Culp, et al., Petitioners v. Charles Stanziale, Chapter 7 Trustee. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–1539. Kevin Patrick Buker, Petitioner v. Howard County, Maryland, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1541. Margaret Richek Goldberg, Petitioner v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1542. Eileen Usher, Petitioner v. Premier Care Nurses of America, Inc. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida denied.








No. 16–1543. The Best Service Co. Inc., Petitioner v. Emily Ann Bayley. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–1544. Elizabeth-Ann K. Montoyama, Petitioner v. Hawaii De-partment of Transportation, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii denied.

No. 16–1547. Maryland, Petitioner v. Joseph Norman, Jr. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Maryland denied.

No. 16–1549. Reginald Hart, Petitioner v. Amazon.com, Inc. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–1550. Stephen Andrew Beckham, Petitioner v. Leroy Car-tledge, Warden. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

No. 16–7320. Sidney Logwood, Petitioner v. Illinois. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District denied.

No. 16–7541. Lavelle Phillips, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–7612. Vernon Fagan, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied.

No. 16–7898. Tina Lunney, Petitioner v. New Jersey. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Divi-sion denied.

No. 16–7916. William Billy Gene Carter, Petitioner v. Kenny Huter-son, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8022. Sergio Dujuan Nelson, Petitioner v. California. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California denied.

No. 16–8051. Deon Oliver, Petitioner v. United States; No. 16–8108. Franklin Seegers, Kenneth Simmons, and James Al-

fred, Petitioners v. United States; No. 16–8120. Ronald C. Alfred, Petitioner v. United States; and No. 16–8128. Keith B. McGill, Petitioner v. United States. Petitions

for writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied.

No. 16–8062. Enamidem Celestine Okon, Petitioner v. Becky Dooley, Warden. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.




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No. 16–8204. Xiaoying Tang Dowai, Petitioner v. United States. Pe-tition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8229. Billie Jerome Allen, Petitioner v. United States. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8230. Sheldon Hannibal, Petitioner v. Pennsylvania. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District denied.

No. 16–8269. Francis DeCambra, Petitioner v. Florida. Petition for writ of certiorari to the District Court of Appeal of Florida, First Dis-trict denied.

No. 16–8291. Keith Olin Hedman, et ux., Petitioners v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District denied.

No. 16–8297. Maksud Ul Mahbub, Petitioner v. Becky Dooley, War-den. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Eighth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8355. Bradley Blackwell, Petitioner v. California. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District denied.

No. 16–8379. Timothy Michael Wells, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8398. Jose Santos Peru, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8415. Charles L. Johnson, Petitioner v. United States. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8457. Christian Adair, Petitioner v. Arizona. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Arizona denied.

No. 16–8461. Ronnie Javier Cavazos, Petitioner v. California. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Fifth Appellate District denied.

No. 16–8465. Vernon A. Collins, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.








No. 16–8477. Gustavo Cisneros, Petitioner v. Georgia. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Georgia denied.

No. 16–8481. Steven Nolte, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.

No. 16–8487. Michael Demetrus Grundy, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8494. Joseph Martinez-Armestica, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.

No. 16–8496. David Oquendo Rivas, Petitioner v. United States. Pe-tition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.

No. 16–8545. Michael Fiorito, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8559. Keelon T. Jenkins, Petitioner v. Stuart Sherman, War-den; and

No. 16–8599. Robert McDaniels, Petitioner v. Richard J. Kirkland, Warden. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8574. Donald Steven Reynolds, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8580. Leonard Joseph Bentz, Jr., Petitioner v. Nevada. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Nevada denied.

No. 16–8581. Steven Louis Barnes, Petitioner v. Henry McMaster, Governor of South Carolina, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of South Carolina denied.

No. 16–8603. Jose Alberto Villa-Sanchez, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8617. Nathan E. Gundy, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–8637. Donald L. Theeler, Petitioner v. Montana. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Montana denied.








No. 16–8646. Tony Eugene Wardlow, Petitioner v. United States. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8647. Dwayne Williams, Petitioner v. Illinois. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District denied.

No. 16–8651. Lenir Richardson, Petitioner v. O. J. Faulk, et al. Peti-tion for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

No. 16–8695. Kaulman Reese Vines, Petitioner v. Julie L. Jones, Sec-retary, Florida Department of Corrections. Petition for writ of certio-rari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.

No. 16–8760. Gregory Clayton, Petitioner v. Ohio. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Ohio denied.

No. 16–8764. Marcelo De Jesumaria, aka Marcelo Rafae

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