No. 21-8180

Rives Grogan v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2022-06-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burwell-v-hobby-lobby court-of-appeals hobby-lobby-precedent punishment-magnitude religious-exercise religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act substantial-burden supreme-court-precedent
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals erred, contravening Supreme Court precedent set forth in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., by weighing Mr. Grogan's alternative forms of religious exercise rather than considering the magnitude of his punishment when answering the threshold question of whether Mr. Grogan's exercise of religion was 'substantially burden[ed]' under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the Court of Appeals erred, contravening Supreme Court precedent set forth in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., by weighing Mr. Grogan’s alternative forms of religious exercise rather than considering the magnitude of his punishment when answering the threshold question of whether Mr. Grogan’s exercise of religion was “substantially burden[ed]” under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-06-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 18, 2022)

Attorneys

Rives Grogan
Mark Lewis Goldstone — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent