No. 24-6331

Gerardo Gamez-Reyes v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arlington-heights constitutional-law equal-protection fifth-amendment legislative-intent racial-animus
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a law is originally motivated by racial animus, must a court consider its racist origins when deciding whether it violates the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment under the framework established by Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation, 429 U.S. 252 (1977), where it has been reenacted without substantive deliberation or amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

When a law is originally motivated by racial animus, must a court consider its racist origins when deciding whether it violates the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment under the framework established by Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropo litan Housing Development Corporation , 429 U.S. 252 (1977) , where it has been reenacted without substantive deliberation or amendment ?

Docket Entries

2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-27
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 18, 2025)
2024-12-13
Application (24A555) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until January 16, 2025.
2024-12-04
Application (24A555) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 17, 2024 to February 15, 2025, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Gerardo Gamez-Reyes
Kathleen ShenOffice of the Federal Public Defender , Petitioner
Kathleen ShenOffice of the Federal Public Defender , Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent