| No. 23-1197 | |
| Title: | Damon Landor, Petitioner v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. |
| Docketed: | May 7, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (22-30686) |
| Decision Date: | September 14, 2023 |
| Rehearing Denied: | February 5, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 03 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 6, 2024) |
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| May 22 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 6, 2024 to July 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| May 24 2024 | 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. |
| Jun 06 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Tayba Foundation filed. |
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| Jun 06 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Denny Autrey filed. |
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| Jun 06 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Seven Religious Liberty Scholars filed. |
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| Jun 06 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Byron R. Johnson filed. |
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| Jun 06 2024 | Brief amici curiae of 33 Religious Organizations filed. |
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| Jun 06 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Agudath Israel of America filed. |
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| Jun 06 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Bruderhof, et al. filed. |
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| Jun 06 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed. (June 14, 2024) |
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| Jun 25 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 8, 2024 to August 7, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jun 26 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 7, 2024. |
| Aug 07 2024 | Brief of respondents Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Aug 20 2024 | Reply of petitioner Damon Landor filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 21 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024. |
| Oct 07 2024 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 07 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| May 22 2025 | Supplemental brief of respondents Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 27 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/12/2025. |
| Jun 16 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025. |
| Jun 23 2025 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jun 30 2025 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Jul 16 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. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Zachary D. Tripp Counsel of Record | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 2001 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 ZACK.TRIPP@WEIL.COM | (202) 682-7000 |
| Party name: Damon Landor | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Jorge Benjamin Aguinaga Counsel of Record | Louisiana Department of Justice 1885 N. Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 aguinagaj@ag.louisiana.gov | 2255063746 |
| Party name: Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| D. John Sauer Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Noel John Francisco Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: Byron R. Johnson | ||
| Joshua Craig McDaniel Counsel of Record | Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic 6 Everett St., Suite 5110 Cambridge, MA 02138 jmcdaniel@law.harvard.edu | 6174964383 |
| Party name: Seven Religious Liberty Scholars | ||
| Steven T. McFarland Counsel of Record | Suite 302 8001 Braddock Rd Springfield, VA 22151 smcfarland@clsnet.org | 703 894-1087 |
| Party name: Christian Legal Society | ||
| John Archer Meiser Counsel of Record | Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic 1338 Biolchini Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 JMEISER@ND.EDU | 574-631-3880 |
| Party name: Bruderhof, CLEAR, The Jewish Coalition For Religious Liberty, and The Sikh Coalition | ||
| Benjamin L. Mesches Counsel of Record | Haynes and Boone, LLP 2801 N. Harwood Street Suite 2300 Dallas, TX 75201 ben.mesches@haynesboone.com | (214) 651-5234 |
| Party name: Agudath Israel of America | ||
| Laura Darien Nammo | Center for Law & Religious Freedom 8001 Braddock Rd. Suite 302 Springfield, VA 22151 laura@clsnet.org | 7038621819 |
| Party name: Christian Legal Society | ||
| Daniel Seth Ruzumna Counsel of Record | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 druzumna@pbwt.com | (212) 336-2000 |
| Party name: 33 Religious Organizations | ||
| Richard David Salgado Counsel of Record | McDermott Will and Emery 2501 N. Harwood Street Suite 1900 Dallas, TX 75201 richard.salgado@mwe.com | (214) 210-2797 |
| Party name: Dr. Denny Autrey | ||
| James A. Sonne Counsel of Record | Religious Liberty Clinic, Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305-8610 jsonne@law.stanford.edu | 650-723-1422 |
| Party name: The Tayba Foundation | ||