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(JOURNAL) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015 153
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Present: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy,
Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, Justice
Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan.
The Chief Justice said:
“We have issued orders today, they have been duly entered and certified,
and filed with the Clerk.”
Certiorari—Summary Dispositions
No. 14–1422. The First Marblehead Corporation, et al., Petitioners
v. Massachusetts Commissioner of Revenue. On petition for writ of
certiorari to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Petition for
writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to
the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for further consideration
in light of Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne, 576 U. S. –––
(2015).
No. 15–5330. Richard Wally Rose, 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 Eleventh
Circuit for further consideration in light of Johnson v. United
States, 576 U. S. ––– (2015).
No. 15–5601. Patrick A. Missud, Petitioner v. Court of Appeals of
California, First Appellate District, et al. Petition for writ of certiorari
to the Supreme Court of California. Because the Court lacks a quorum,
28 U. S. C. § 1, and since the only qualified Justices are of the opinion
that the case cannot be heard and determined 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 Scalia, Justice Kennedy, Justice
Thomas, and Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision
of this petition.
No. 15–5654. Bacari McCarthren, 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