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Record returned to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Judgment Issued.
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-362_mjn0.pdf'>opinion</a> for a unanimous Court. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Jackson, J., joined.
Argued. For petitioners: Patrick M. Jaicomo, Arlington, Va. For respondents: Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of judgment below on Question 1: Christopher E. Mills, Charleston, S. C.
Reply of petitioners Curtrina Martin, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General GRANTED.
Motion for divided argument filed the Solicitor General.
Brief of respondents United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed. (Distributed)
CIRCULATED
Brief amicus curiae of North Central Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
Brief amici curiae of National Police Accountability Project, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed. (Distributed)
Amicus brief of New Civil Liberties Alliance not accepted for filing. (March 18, 2025)
Brief amici curiae of Public Accountability, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Gregory C. Sisk filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Sealed material received from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and available with the Clerk (one envelope). The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Brief of petitioners Curtrina Martin, et al. filed.
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Christopher Mills, Esquire, of Charleston, South Carolina, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below as to the first question identified in the order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari.
Petition GRANTED limited to the following questions: 1) Whether the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause bars claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act when the negligent or wrongful acts of federal employees have some nexus with furthering federal policy and can reasonably be characterized as complying with the full range of federal law. 2) Whether the discretionary-function exception is categorically inapplicable to claims arising under the law enforcement proviso to the intentional torts exception. Petitioners’ brief on the merits is to be filed on or before Friday, March 7, 2025. Respondents' brief on the merits is to be filed on or before Tuesday, April 1, 2025. The reply brief is to be received by the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
Reply of petitioners Curtrina Martin, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondents United States, 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 December 6, 2024.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 2, 2024 to December 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Gregory C. Sisk filed.
Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2024.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 31, 2024 to December 2, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2024)
Application (24A74) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 27, 2024.
Application (24A74) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 28, 2024 to October 27, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Curtrina Martin, et al., Petitioner, represented by Patrick Michael Jaicomo
United States, et al., Respondent, represented by D. John Sauer
America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Virginia Citizens Defense Foundation, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Jeffrey Olson
Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod
Court-appointed amicus curiae, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher E. Mills
Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Charles Bond
Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Yuanlong Liu
New Civil Liberties Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Katherine Brady Norman
Professor Gregory C. Sisk, Amicus Curiae, represented by Geoffrey Mitchell Pipoly
Public Accountability et al, Amicus Curiae, represented by Athul Karinja Acharya
Public Citizen, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott Lawrence Nelson
The National Police Accountability Project and The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Rothfeld
The North Central Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul Robert Koster