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(JOURNAL) MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 327
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 Disposition
No. 15–24. Gary L. France, Petitioner v. United States. On petition
for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Seventh Circuit. Petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated,
and case remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for
the Seventh Circuit for further consideration in light of the confession
of error by the Solicitor General in his brief for the United States filed
on November 6, 2015.
Orders in Pending Cases
No. 15A458 (15–595). Jerold R. Sorensen, Applicant v. United
States. Application for stay addressed to The Chief Justice and referred
to the Court denied.
No. 15A479. Mary Wilkerson, Applicant v. United States. Application
for release on bond pending appeal addressed to Justice Ginsburg
and referred to the Court denied.
No. 15M61. David Hardy, Petitioner v. Thomas Birkett, Warden. Motion
to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari out of
time denied.
No. 15M62. Reginald Wilkinson, Petitioner v. The GEO Group, Inc.,
et al. Motion to direct the Clerk to file a petition for writ of certiorari
out of time denied.
No. 15–5527. Richard Kearney, Petitioner v. New York Department
of Correctional Services, et al. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration
of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied.
No. 15–5748. James B. Campbell, Petitioner v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary,
Florida Department of Corrections. Motion of petitioner for reconsideration
of order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis
denied.