No. 25-765

Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc., a Wyoming Not-for-Profit Corporation, et al. v. Alberto Carvalho, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Los Angeles United School District, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-30
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived
Tags: constitutional-scrutiny fundamental-rights government-mandate judicial-review medical-treatment rational-basis-review
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does this Court's opinion in Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), limit a court's review of government mandated medical treatments to the highly deferential rational basis review or does Jacobson require heightened scrutiny based on a balancing test, as the Court held in Cruzan v. Director of Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990)?

2. If, as the Ninth Circuit held, Jacobson limits courts to rational basis review, should it be overruled or limited to its specific facts because it is inconsistent with modern constitutional scrutiny, including this Court's opinions in Cruzan and Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166 (2003), which explicitly recognized a person's fundamental interest in rejecting unwanted medical treatments?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Jacobson v. Massachusetts limit judicial review of government-mandated medical treatments to rational basis review or require heightened scrutiny under a balancing test?

Docket Entries

2026-02-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2026.
2026-02-10
Motion of Alberto Carvalho, et al. for an extension of time submitted.
2026-02-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 9, 2026 to April 8, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2026-02-05
Response Requested. (Due March 9, 2026)
2026-01-29
Amicus brief of New Civil Liberties Alliance submitted.
2026-01-29
Amicus brief of States of Texas, Alabama, et al. submitted.
2026-01-29
Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
2026-01-29
Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2026-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-21
Waiver of Alberto Carvalho, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-21
Waiver of right of respondent Alberto Carvalho, et al. to respond filed.
2025-12-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 29, 2026)
2025-10-15
Application (25A431) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 28, 2025.
2025-10-13
Application (25A431) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 29, 2025 to December 28, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Alberto Carvalho, et al.
Amelia Anne McDermottLittler Mendelson, P.C., Respondent
Health Freedom Defense Fund Inc., et al.
Scott James StreetJW Howard Attorneys, Ltd., Petitioner
New Civil Liberties Alliance
John Julian VecchioneThe New Civil Liberties Alliance, Amicus
States of Texas, Alabama, et al.
William Robert PetersonOffice of the Texas Attorney General, Amicus