This morning the Supreme Court denied cert in the Utah Supreme Court case establishing a federal standard of reasonableness for a putative father to acknowledge or establish paternity.
Case page here.
Order list here.
cert denials
Supreme Court Declines to Take S.S. v. CRIT (ICWA case)
Supreme Court Denies Cert in R.P. v. LA County (Alexandria P. Case)
Order List here.
16-500 R. P., ET UX. V. LA CTY. DEPT. CHILDREN, ET AL. The motion of respondent The Minor, Alexandria P. for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The motion of respondent Father J.E. for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
This means the Supreme Court will not be hearing the case.
There are still a few issues in the California courts being litigated, so we will keep an eye on it, but this should (hopefully) be the end of this case.
No Divided Argument in Carcieri v. Kempthorne
The Supreme Court released its other orders from last Monday’s long conference.
The motion of petitioners Donald L. Carcieri, Governor of Rhode Island, and the State of Rhode Island for divided argument is denied. The motion of petitioner Town of Charlestown for divided argument is denied. The motion of Narragansett Indian Tribe for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is denied.
So I assume the State will let Ted Olson on behalf of the governor argue the case against Ed Kneedler on the government’s side.
Here are the cert denials:
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