| 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 |
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| Date | 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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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Frederick William Ulrich Counsel of Record | Federal Public Defenders Office 100 Chestnut Street 3rd Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101 FRITZ_ULRICH@FD.ORG | 717-782-2237 |
| Party name: Joseph W. Fischer | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar 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 | ||
| Jeffrey T. Green | Green Law Chartered LLC 5203 Wyoming Rd Bethesda, MD 20816 jeff@greenlawchartered.com | 240-286-5686 |
| Party name: Joseph W. Fischer | ||
| Other | ||
| Theodore Mark Cooperstein Counsel of Record | Theodore Cooperstein PLLC 1888 Main Street Suite C-203 Madison, MS 39110 ted@appealslawyer.us | 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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | (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 | (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 | 318-487-1460 |
| Party name: FormerFedsGroup Freedom Foundation and Members, et al | ||