| No. 24-362 | |
| Title: | Curtrina Martin, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of G. W., a Minor, et al., Petitioners v. United States, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 1, 2024 |
| Linked with 2 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (23-10062) |
| Decision Date: | April 22, 2024 |
| Rehearing Denied: | May 30, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jul 18 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. |
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| Jul 22 2024 | Application (24A74) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 27, 2024. |
| Sep 27 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2024) |
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| Oct 09 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 31, 2024 to December 2, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Oct 11 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2024. |
| Oct 31 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. |
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| Oct 31 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Gregory C. Sisk filed. |
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| Nov 25 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 2, 2024 to December 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Nov 26 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 6, 2024. |
| Dec 06 2024 | Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Dec 20 2024 | Reply of petitioners Curtrina Martin, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 24 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025. |
| Jan 13 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025. |
| Jan 21 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025. |
| Jan 27 2025 | 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. |
| Jan 28 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. |
| Feb 24 2025 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. |
| Feb 28 2025 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. |
| Mar 07 2025 | Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER. |
| Mar 07 2025 | Brief of petitioners Curtrina Martin, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 07 2025 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Mar 13 2025 | 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. |
| Mar 14 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. |
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| Mar 14 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of North Central Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association filed. |
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| Mar 14 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
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| Mar 14 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Gregory C. Sisk filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 14 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Public Accountability, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 14 2025 | Amicus brief of New Civil Liberties Alliance not accepted for filing. (March 18, 2025) |
| Mar 14 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 14 2025 | Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 14 2025 | Brief amici curiae of National Police Accountability Project, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 14 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. |
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| Mar 19 2025 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 31 2025 | Brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2025 | Brief of respondents United States, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2025 | Motion for divided argument filed the Solicitor General. |
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| Apr 17 2025 | Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General GRANTED. |
| Apr 22 2025 | Reply of petitioners Curtrina Martin, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 29 2025 | 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. |
| Jun 12 2025 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Jackson, J., joined. |
| Jul 14 2025 | Judgment Issued. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Patrick Michael Jaicomo Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 901 North Glebe Road Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22203 PJAICOMO@IJ.ORG | 7036829320 |
| Party name: Curtrina Martin, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| D. John Sauer Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Athul Karinja Acharya Counsel of Record | Public Accountability PO Box 14672 Portland, OR 97293 athul@pubaccountability.org | 5033839492 |
| Party name: Public Accountability et al | ||
| Jonathan Charles Bond | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1700 M Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 jbond@gibsondunn.com | (202) 955-8500 |
| Party name: Members of Congress | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Paul Robert Koster Counsel of Record | Emory Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Program 1301 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322 PAUL.KOSTER@EMORY.EDU | 4047273957 |
| Party name: The North Central Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association | ||
| Jeffrey Yuanlong Liu Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1700 M Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 jyliu@gibsondunn.com | (202) 955-8500 |
| Party name: Members of Congress | ||
| Christopher E. Mills Counsel of Record | Spero Law LLC 557 East Bay Street #22251 Charleston, SC 29413 cmills@spero.law | 843-606-0640 |
| Party name: Court-appointed amicus curiae | ||
| Scott Lawrence Nelson Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 SNELSON@CITIZEN.ORG | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen | ||
| Katherine Brady Norman Counsel of Record | New Civil Liberties Alliance 4250 N. Fairfax Drive Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22203 casey.norman@ncla.legal | (202) 869-5210 |
| Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance | ||
| William Jeffrey Olson Counsel of Record | William J. Olson, P.C. 370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4 Vienna, VA 22180 WJO@MINDSPRING.COM | 7033565070 |
| Party name: 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 | ||
| Geoffrey Mitchell Pipoly Counsel of Record | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP 161 N. Clark Street, Suite 4300 Chicago, IL 60601 GEOFF.PIPOLY@BCLPLAW.COM | 513-262-6233 |
| Party name: Professor Gregory C. Sisk | ||
| Charles Rothfeld Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K St NW Washington, DC 20006 crothfeld@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3000 |
| Party name: The National Police Accountability Project and The Rutherford Institute | ||