No. 25-122

David Alan Carmichael, et al. v. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, et al.

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2025-07-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: damages-liability due-process free-exercise official-capacity religious-freedom right-to-travel
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the 'appropriate relief' of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act allow for damages liability or nominal damages against the United States for breaching official duties that infringe on religious and travel rights?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Does the “appropriate relief ’ of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act allow for damages liability, or nominal damages where other damages cannot be quantified, against the United States where, by a breach of duty in their official capacity, a government officer or employee injures the Petitioners ’ in their natural and fundamental rights of the free exercise of religion and right to travel beyond the borders? Should the Petitioner ’s case have been mooted for want of standing regarding that question? Does “appropriate relief ’ of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act provide for damages relief in this case against the unnamable parties in their individual capacity whose identities can only be found by discovery? Should the case have been dismissed with prejudice against the Petitioners without discovery where they alleged that they were injured in their religious, travel and due process rights by tortfeasors whose breach of duty was the cause or proximate cause of the Petitioners ’ injuries? i

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-21
Waiver of Rubio, Sec. of State, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent Rubio, Sec. of State, et al. to respond filed.
2025-06-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 2, 2025)
2025-04-22
Application (24A993) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 13, 2025.
2025-04-01
Application (24A993) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 14, 2025 to June 13, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

David A. Carmichael, et al.
David Alan Carmichael — Petitioner
David Alan Carmichael — Petitioner
Rubio, Sec. of State, et al.
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent