No. 23-1275
Title:Eunice Medina, Interim Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Petitioner
v.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al.
Docketed:June 5, 2024
Linked with 24A782
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(21-1043)
   Decision Date:March 5, 2024
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Jun 03 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2024)
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Jun 24 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2024 to August 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jun 25 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2024.
Jun 26 2024Brief amici curiae of 108 South Carolina Legislators filed.
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Jul 01 2024Brief amici curiae of Family Policy Alliance and State Family Policy Councils filed.
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Jul 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation and ProLife Center at the University of St. Thomas filed.
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Jul 03 2024Brief amicus curiae of Heartbeat International, Inc. filed.
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Jul 05 2024Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Jul 05 2024Brief amici curiae of United States Senators and Representatives filed.
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Jul 05 2024Brief amicus curiae of American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists filed.
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Jul 05 2024Amicus brief of 137 Women Hurt by Planned Parenthood Abortions & And Then There Were None not accepted for filing.(Corrected verison to be submitted) (July 09, 2024)
Jul 05 2024Brief amici curiae of 137 Women Hurt by Planned Parenthood Abortions & And Then There Were None filed.
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Jul 05 2024Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
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Jul 24 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2024 to September 4, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 26 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 4, 2024.
Aug 27 2024Brief of respondents Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. in opposition filed.
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Sep 11 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
Sep 11 2024Reply of petitioner Robert M. Kerr filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
Oct 15 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
Oct 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
Nov 04 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
Nov 12 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.
Nov 18 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
Dec 02 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
Dec 09 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
Dec 18 2024Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Dec 20 2024Letter from counsel for petitioner notifying Clerk of substitution of petitioner filed.
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Feb 03 2025Brief of petitioner Eunice Medina, Interim Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services filed.
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Feb 03 2025Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Feb 04 2025Brief amicus curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation filed.
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Feb 04 2025Brief amici curiae of World Faith Foundation, et al. filed.
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Feb 10 2025SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
Feb 10 2025Brief amici curiae of South Carolina Medicaid Practitioners filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amici curiae of 311 State Legislators filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Americans United for Life filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amici curiae of American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amici curiae of 46 South Carolina Legislators filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amici curiae of United States Senators and Representatives filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Family Policy Alliance, et al. filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amici curiae of 138 Women Hurt by Planned Parenthood Abortions, et al. filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Governor Henry Dargan McMaster filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
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Feb 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Heartbeat International, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 12 2025Application (24A782) to extend the time to file the reply brief on the merits from March 21, 2025 to March 24, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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Feb 12 2025Response in opposition to application for extension of time to file the reply brief on the merits filed.
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Feb 13 2025Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Feb 18 2025Application (24A782) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file the reply brief on the merits to and including 2 p.m., March 24, 2025.
Feb 19 2025CIRCULATED

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
John J. Bursch
    Counsel of Record		Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

jbursch@adflegal.org		(616) 450-4235
Party name: Eunice Medina, Interim Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Attorneys for Respondents
Nicole A. Saharsky
    Counsel of Record		Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

NSAHARSKY@MAYERBROWN.COM		202-263-3000
Party name: Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al.
Other
Sarah M. Harris
    Counsel of Record		Acting 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
Steven Henry Aden
    Counsel of Record		Americans United for Life
1150 Connecticut Ave
Suite 500
Washington, D.C., DC 20036

STEVEN.ADEN@AUL.ORG		202-741-4917
Party name: Americans United for Life
Braden Heath Boucek
    Counsel of Record		Southern Legal Foundation
560 West Crossville Road
Suite 104
Roswell, GA 30075

bboucek@southeasternlegal.org		770-977-2131
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation
Kristine Lee Brown
    Counsel of Record		Attorney At Law
8700 E Jefferson Ave #370953
Denver, CO 80237

kristiburtonbrown@gmail.com		720-285-9552
Party name: 311 State Legislators
Thomas M. Fisher
    Counsel of Record		111 Monument Circle
Suite 2650
Indianapolis, IN 46204

tom@tomandcathyfisher.com		317-698-6223
Party name: South Carolina Medicaid Practitioners
James L. Hirsen
    Counsel of Record		505 S. Villa Real
Suite 101
Anaheim, CA 92807

james@jameshirsen.com		(714) 283-8880
Party name: World Faith Foundation and NC Values Institute
Lawrence J. Joseph
    Counsel of Record		Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 700 PMB 5155
Washington, DC 20036

LJOSEPH@LARRYJOSEPH.COM		2023559452
Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
William Grayson Lambert
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Governor
S.C. State House
1100
Columbia, SC 29201

glambert@governor.sc.gov		8037342100
Party name: Governor Henry Dargan McMaster
Adam Fuselier Mathews
    Counsel of Record		8405 Pulsar Place
Columbus, OH 43240

adam.mathews@heartbeatinternational.org		5132650925
Party name: Heartbeat International, Inc.
Thomas Ryan McCarthy
    Counsel of Record		Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM		7032439423
Party name: United States Senators and Representatives
Christopher E. Mills
    Counsel of Record		Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law		8436060640
Party name: American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Christopher E. Mills
    Counsel of Record		Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law		8436060640
Party name: American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Charlotte Lozier Institute, and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Tim Newton
    Counsel of Record		Murphy and Grantland, P.A.
Post Office Box 6648
Columbia, SC 29206

TNEWTON@MURPHYGRANTLAND.COM		803-782-4100
Party name: 108 South Carolina Legislators
Tim Newton
    Counsel of Record		Murphy and Grantland, P.A.
4406-B Forest Drive
Columbia, SC 29206

TNEWTON@MURPHYGRANTLAND.COM		803-782-4100
Party name: 46 South Carolina Legislators
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, One Nation Under God Foundation, Restoring Liberty Action Committee, LONANG Institute, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund
Allan E. Parker Jr.
    Counsel of Record		The Justice Foundation
8023 Vantage Dr.
Suite 1275
San Antonio, TX 78230

aparker@txjf.org		2106147157
Party name: 138 Women Hurt By Planned Parenthood Abortions And The Non-Profit Organization "And Then There Were None" as Amici Curiae In Support of Petitioners
Allan E. Parker Jr.
    Counsel of Record		The Justice Foundation
8023 Vantage Dr.
Suite 1275
San Antonio, TX 78230

aparker@txjf.org		2106147157
Party name: 137 Women Hurt by Planned Parenthood Abortions & And Then There Were None
Anthony John Powell
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Kansas Attomey General
120 SW 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS 66612

ANTHONY.POWELL@AG.KS.GOV		7853688539
Party name: State of Kansas
Jay Alan Sekulow
    Counsel of Record		American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org		2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice
Catherine Wynne Short
    Counsel of Record		Life Legal Defense Foundation
P.O. Box 2105
Napa, CA 94558

kshort@lldf.org		(707) 224-6675
Party name: Life Legal Defense Foundation and ProLife Center at the University of St. Thomas
Mathew D. Staver
    Counsel of Record		109 Second St., NE
Washington, DC 20002

COURT@LC.ORG		(202) 289-1776
Party name: Liberty Counsel
Randall L. Wenger
    Counsel of Record		Independence Law Center
23 N. Front Street, First Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101

rwenger@indlawcenter.org		717-657-4990
Party name: Family Policy Alliance and State Family Policy Councils