Fitisemanu v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on October 17, 2022

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
21-1394	10th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2022

Issue: Whether persons born in United States territories are entitled to birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment"s citizenship clause, including whether the Insular Cases should be overruled.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Court declines to take up petition seeking to overturn Insular Cases (Amy Howe, October 17, 2022)
Reschedule Watch: Birthright citizenship and torts to members of the armed forces (John Elwood, October 13, 2022)
Three American Samoans, in ask for birthright citizenship, answer Gorsuchs call for a chance to overturn Insular Cases (Ellena Erskine, May 13, 2022)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/09/2022	Application (21A494) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 27, 2022 to April 27, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
03/10/2022	Application (21A494) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until April 27, 2022.
04/11/2022	Application (21A494) to extend further the time from April 27, 2022 to May 26, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
04/18/2022	Application (21A494) denied by Justice Gorsuch.
04/27/2022	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 31, 2022)
05/12/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 31, 2022 to June 30, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
05/13/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 30, 2022, for all respondents.
05/26/2022	Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Constitutional Law and Legal History filed.
05/27/2022	Brief amici curiae of Descendants of Dred Scott and Isabel Gonzalez filed.
05/27/2022	Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
05/27/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Samoan Federation of America, Inc. filed.
05/27/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Virgin Islands Bar Association filed.
05/31/2022	Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Elected Officials of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands filed.
05/31/2022	Brief amici curiae of Citizenship Scholars filed.
05/31/2022	Brief amici curiae of Former Federal and Local Judges filed.
06/06/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 30, 2022 to July 29, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
06/07/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 29, 2022.
07/13/2022	Brief amici curiae of Northern Marianas Descent Corporation & United Carolinians Association in support of respondents filed.
07/22/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 29, 2022 to August 29, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
07/25/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 29, 2022.
08/29/2022	Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed.
08/29/2022	Brief of respondents American Samoa Government and the Hon. Aumua Amata in opposition filed.
09/14/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
09/14/2022	Reply of petitioners John Fitisemanu, et al. filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2022	Rescheduled.
10/11/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
10/17/2022	Petition DENIED.