| Name |
Counsel
of Record |
Certiorari To |
DN |
Summary of QP |
Status |
| Banda-Ortiz
v. Gonzales |
Michael Carvin Jones Day |
CA5 |
06-477 |
Whether a timely-filed motion to
reopen removal proceedings before the Board of Immigration Appeals does
not toll an alien's previously-established voluntary-departure period,
such that a grant of voluntary departure will virtually always require
the forfeiture of an alien's statutory right to seek reopening of the
removal proceedings. (Also available: BIO,
Reply)
[Note 3/22: Both sides now agree this
case has been mooted.] |
Denied |
| U.S.
v. Williams |
Paul Clement Solicitor General |
CA11 |
06-694 |
Whether Section 2252A(a)(3)(B)
of Title 18 (regulating child
pornography) is overly broad and impermissibly vague, and thus facially
unconstitutional. |
Granted |
| Fausey
v. Hiller |
Howard Bashman Willow Grove, PA |
S. Ct. of PA |
06-863 |
Whether the Due Process is
violated when a court orders grandparent visitation over a fit parent's
objection, where the grandparent has not proved by clear and convincing
evidence that such an order is necessary to prevent harm or potential
harm to the child. (Also available: BIO, Reply, Family
Research Council as Amicus) |
Denied |
| Dane Investments v. H&R Block | Joseph Myers Covington, LA |
CA5 |
06-995 |
Whether "manifest disregard of the law" is
the only acceptable non-statutory ground for federal courts to use in
vacating National Association of Securities Dealers public investor
arbitration awards, or whether other non-statutory grounds, such as
"unconscionable results" are acceptable as independent grounds for
vacatur. (Also avialble: BIO,
Reply) |
Denied |
| Smook v. Minnehaha County, SD | Matthew Piers Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym |
CA8 |
06-1034 |
Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits a
policy that requires a strip search of all juveniles brought to a
juvenile detention facility without regard to individualized
considerations, such as the individual's circumstances, the alleged
offense, or whether individualized suspicion exists to believe that the
juvenile is carrying or concealing weapons or contraband. (Also
available: BIO,
Reply,
Juvenile
Law Center as Amicus) |
Denied |