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(JOURNAL) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015
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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. 15–454. Kenneth L. Smith, Petitioner v. Antonin Scalia, Associate
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. 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 Thomas, and Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration
or decision of this petition.
No. 15–6219. Jorge Baez-Martinez, Petitioner v. United States. On
petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals
for the First 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 First
Circuit for further consideration in light of Johnson v. United States,
576 U. S. ––– (2015).
Orders in Pending Cases
No. 15M53. Walter Ralph Wood, Petitioner v. United States. Motion
to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of time
denied.
No. 15M54. McWane, Inc., Petitioner v. Federal Trade Commission.
Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari with supplemental
appendix under seal granted.
No. 15M55. Christopher Norton, Petitioner v. Maine Department of
Health and Human Services, et al. Motion for leave to file a petition
for writ of certiorari with supplemental appendix under seal granted.