No. 23-5572
 
Title: Joseph W. Fischer, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed: September 13, 2023
Linked with: 23A136
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
   Case Numbers: (22-3038)
   Decision Date: April 7, 2023
   Rehearing Denied: May 23, 2023
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 09 2023 Application (23A136) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 21, 2023 to October 5, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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Aug 15 2023 Application (23A136) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 5, 2023.
Sep 11 2023 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 13, 2023)
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Oct 03 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 13, 2023 to November 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 04 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2023.
Oct 13 2023 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed
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Oct 30 2023 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Nov 13 2023 Reply of petitioner Joseph Fischer filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 14 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
Dec 01 2023 Rescheduled.
Dec 01 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
Dec 13 2023 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Jan 29 2024 Brief of petitioner Joseph Fischer filed.
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Jan 29 2024 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jan 29 2024 Brief amicus curiae of FormerFedsGroup Freedom Foundation, et al. filed.
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Feb 02 2024 Brief amicus curiae of LONANG Institute filed.
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Feb 05 2024 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed.
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Feb 05 2024 Brief amici curiae of Law-Linguistics Research Team Clark D. Cunningham and Ute Romer-Barron in support of neither party filed.
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Feb 05 2024 Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, et al. filed.
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Feb 05 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel Action, Inc. filed.
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Feb 05 2024 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Feb 05 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Concerned for the Constitutional Rights of Defendants filed.
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Feb 05 2024 Brief amici curiae of Christopher Warnagiris, et al. filed.
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Feb 16 2024 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
Feb 21 2024 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Feb 21 2024 Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Feb 28 2024 Brief of respondent United States filed.
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Mar 06 2024 Brief amici curiae of John Danforth, et al. filed.
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Mar 06 2024 Brief amici curiae of Former Government Officials, et al. filed.
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Mar 20 2024 CIRCULATED
Mar 28 2024 Reply of petitioner Joseph Fischer filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 16 2024 Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey T. Green, Bethesda, Md. For respondent: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 28 2024 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a concurring opinion. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., joined.
Jul 30 2024 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Frederick William Ulrich
Counsel of Record
Federal Public Defenders Office
100 Chestnut Street
3rd Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
FRITZ_ULRICH@FD.ORG
Ph: 717-782-2237
Party name: Joseph W. Fischer


Attorneys for Respondents
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Jeffrey T. Green
Green Law Chartered LLC
5203 Wyoming Rd
Bethesda, MD 20816
jeff@greenlawchartered.com
Ph: 240-286-5686
Party name: Joseph W. Fischer


Other Attorneys
Theodore Mark Cooperstein
Counsel of Record
Theodore Cooperstein PLLC
1888 Main Street
Suite C-203
Madison, MS 39110
ted@appealslawyer.us
Ph: 6013972471
Party name: Christopher Warnagiris, Christopher Carnell, and Robert Norwood


Richard Douglas Bernstein
Counsel of Record
1875 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
rbernsteinlaw@gmail.com
Ph: 3017752064
Party name: John Danforth, et al.


Paloma Appolonia Capanna
Counsel of Record
Paloma A. Capanna
106-B Professional Drive
Beaufort, NC 28516
pcapanna@yahoo.com
Ph: 315 584 2929
Party name: Citizens Concerned for the Constitutional Rights of Defendants


Clark Douglas Cunningham
Counsel of Record
Georgia State University College of Law
85 Park Place NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
cdcunningham@gsu.edu
Ph: (404) 413-9168
Party name: Law-Linguistics Research Team Clark D. Cunningham and Ute Romer-Barron


R. Trent McCotter
Counsel of Record
Boyden Gray PLLC
801 17th Street, N.W.
Suite 350
Washington, DC 20006
tmccotter@boydengray.com
Ph: 202-706-5488
Party name: U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, Representative Jim Jordan, and 21 Other Members of Congress


Kerry Lee Morgan
Counsel of Record
Pentiuk, Couvreur, & Kobiljak, P.C.
2915 Biddle Avenue
Suite 200
Wyandotte, MI 48192
kmorgan@pck-law.com
Ph: 7342817100
Party name: Lonang Institute


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America's Future, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, The Presidential Coalition, Tennessee Firearms Association, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: (202) 546-8890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice


Matthew Adam Seligman
Counsel of Record
Stris & Maher LLP
777 S. Figueroa Street
Suite 3850
Los Angeles, CA 90017
mseligman@stris.com
Ph: (202) 656-8178
Party name: Former Government Officials and Constitutional Lawyers


Mathew D. Staver
Counsel of Record
109 Second St., NE
Washington, DC 20002
COURT@LC.ORG
Ph: (202) 289-1776
Party name: Liberty Counsel Action, Inc.


Edward Lacy Tarpley Jr.
Counsel of Record
Edward L. Tarpley, Jr. APLC
819 Johnston Street
Alexandria, LA 71301
ed@edtarpley.com
Ph: 318-487-1460
Party name: FormerFedsGroup Freedom Foundation and Members, et al