Argued

No. 23-1197

Damon Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

See other cases from the Fifth Circuit.

Docket Entries

Argued. For petitioner: Zachary D. Tripp, Washington, D. C.; and Libby A. Baird, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: J. Benjamin Aguiñaga, Solicitor General, Baton Rouge, La.

Reply of petitioner Damon Landor filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Sheriffs’ Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana and available with the Clerk.

Brief amici curiae of Rights Behind Bars, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Hindu American Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Byron R. Johnson filed.

Brief amici curiae of United States Senator Ted Cruz, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations filed.

Brief amici curiae of Dr. Denny Autrey, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Agudath Israel of America filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed.

Brief amici curiae of Rastafari Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amici curiae of 44 Religious Organizations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.

Brief amici curiae of Seven Religious Liberty Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Bruderhof, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Correctional Officials filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.

Brief amici curiae of Major Religious Denominations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Police Accountability Project filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Damon Landor filed.

Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 10, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2025. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 1, 2025.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/12/2025.

Supplemental brief of respondents Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.

Reply of petitioner Damon Landor filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 7, 2024.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 8, 2024 to August 7, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.

Brief amici curiae of Bruderhof, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Agudath Israel of America filed.

Brief amici curiae of 33 Religious Organizations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Byron R. Johnson filed.

Brief amici curiae of Seven Religious Liberty Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed. (June 14, 2024)

Brief amicus curiae of The Tayba Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Denny Autrey filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 8, 2024. See Rule 30.1.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 6, 2024 to July 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 6, 2024)

Parties

Damon Landor, Petitioner, represented by Zachary D. Tripp

Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al., Respondent, represented by Jorge Benjamin Aguinaga

Amici Curiae

33 Religious Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Seth Ruzumna

44 Religious Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adeel Abdullah Mangi

Agudath Israel of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin L. Mesches

American Association for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert S. Peck

American Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow

Bruderhof, CLEAR, The Jewish Coalition For Religious Liberty, and The Sikh Coalition, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Archer Meiser

Byron R. Johnson, Amicus Curiae, represented by Noel John Francisco

Christian Legal Society, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven T. McFarland

Christian Legal Society, Amicus Curiae, represented by Laura Darien Nammo

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod

Dr. Denny Autrey, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard David Salgado

Former Correctional Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daren Ge Zhang

Hindu American Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher Shawn Ross

Major Religious Denominations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gene Clayton Schaerr

National Congress of American Indians, Huy, and United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joel William West Williams

National Police Accountability Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Patrick Davy

National Sheriffs’ Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory Charles Champagne

Rastafari Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Rothfeld

Rights Behind Bars, Human Rights Defense Center, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project and Southern Center for Human Rights, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth Rose Moulton

Seven Religious Liberty Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua Craig McDaniel

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Lawrence Chen

The Bruderhof, Clear, The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, and The Sikh Coalition, Amicus Curiae, represented by Meredith Holland Kessler

The Tayba Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by James A. Sonne

The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gordon Dwyer Todd

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer

United States Senators Ted Cruz and Ted Budd, Amicus Curiae, represented by Conor Ryan Harvey

 
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