Utah Attorney General's Office
40 cases • 13 attorneys
Attorneys
Melissa Ann Holyoak
(13)
J. Clifford Petersen
(7)
Stanford Edward Purser
(7)
Christopher D. Ballard
(2)
Karen A. Klucznik
(2)
Mark C. Field
(2)
Alexandra Herlong
(1)
Christopher Alan Bates
(1)
Erin Riley
(1)
Marian Decker
(1)
Natalie M. Edmundson
(1)
Peggy E. Stone
(1)
Tanner R. Hafen
(1)
Cases
| Case | Title | Docketed | Type | Status | Party | Attorneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6320 | Dean Spencer v. Utah | 2025-12-09 | IFP | Pending | State of Utah | Alexandra Herlong |
| 25-663 | Alan Headman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. | 2025-12-08 | Paid | Pending | Teresa Welch | J. Clifford Petersen |
| 24-7043 | Sean Christopher Owen v. Kristin Keisel, Warden | 2025-04-22 | IFP | Denied | Kristin Keisel, Warden | Tanner R. Hafen |
| 24-1086 | America West Bank Members, LC v. Utah, et al. | 2025-04-17 | Paid | Denied | State of Utah, Utah Department of Financial Institutions, G. Edward Leary | J. Clifford Petersen |
| 24A515 | Utah v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al. | 2024-11-26 | A | Presumed Complete | State of Utah | Stanford Edward Purser |
| 24-581 | Utah v. Douglas A. Lovell | 2024-11-26 | Paid | Denied | State of Utah | Stanford Edward Purser |
| 24-528 | Phil Lyman v. Spencer J. Cox, Governor of Utah, et al. | 2024-11-12 | Paid | Denied | Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson | Stanford Edward Purser |
| 24-504 | Joseph M. Hoskins v. Jared Withers, et al. | 2024-11-04 | Paid | Denied | Jared Withers, et al. | J. Clifford Petersen |
| 24A362 | Utah v. Douglas A. Lovell | 2024-10-17 | A | Presumed Complete | State of Utah | Stanford Edward Purser |
| 23-1300 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. v. Texas, et al. | 2024-06-12 | Paid | Judgment Issued | State of Utah and Six Other States | Stanford Edward Purser |
| 23-5660 | Taberon Dave Honie v. Robert Powell, Warden | 2023-09-27 | IFP | Denied | Robert Powell | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 22-7823 | Weston Ray Kubbe v. Utah | 2023-06-20 | IFP | Denied | State of Utah | Natalie M. Edmundson |
| 22-1150 | Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, et al. v. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., et al. | 2023-05-26 | Paid | Denied | Utah and 15 Other States | Christopher Alan Bates |
| 22-7482 | Ralph Leroy Menzies v. Robert Powell, Warden | 2023-05-08 | IFP | Denied | Robert Powell | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 22-7241 | Eric Matthew Ray v. Utah | 2023-04-07 | IFP | Denied | State Utah | Karen A. Klucznik |
| 22-949 | Aparna Vashisht-Rota v. Diana Hagen, Justice, Supreme Court of Utah, et al. | 2023-03-29 | Paid | Denied | Sean D. Reyes, Utah Attorney General | Stanford Edward Purser |
| 22-535 | Department of Education, et al. v. Myra Brown, et al. | 2022-12-12 | Paid | Judgment Issued | States of Utah, Ohio, and 15 Other States | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 22-506 | Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, et al. v. Nebraska, et al. | 2022-12-01 | Paid | Denied | States of Utah, Ohio, and 15 Other States | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 22-166 | Geraldine Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. | 2022-08-23 | Paid | Judgment Issued | States of Utah, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Dakota, Texas, and West Virginia | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 22-123 | University of Toledo v. Jaycee Wamer | 2022-08-09 | Paid | Denied | States of Utah, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Texas | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 21-8097 | Thomas Randall Ainsworth v. Robert Powell, Warden | 2022-06-09 | IFP | Denied | Robert Powell, Warden | Mark C. Field |
| 21-7329 | Von Lester Taylor v. Robert Powell, Warden | 2022-03-09 | IFP | Denied | Robert Powell | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 21-760 | Laura Kelly, Governor of Kansas, et al. v. Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. | 2021-11-22 | Paid | Denied | State of Utah and Ten Other States | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 21-511 | Tim Shoop, Warden v. Raymond A. Twyford, III | 2021-10-06 | Paid | Judgment Issued | State of Utah and 14 Other States | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 20-8300 | Lonnie Norton v. Utah | 2021-06-15 | IFP | Denied | State of Utah | Christopher D. Ballard |
| 20-7343 | Justin David Williams v. Utah | 2021-03-05 | IFP | Denied | Utah | Marian Decker |
| 20-698 | Alan Headman v. Royal I. Hansen, et al. | 2020-11-20 | Paid | Denied | Royal I. Hansen, et al. | J. Clifford Petersen |
| 20-637 | Darrell Hemphill v. New York | 2020-11-10 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Brief of Utah, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, and South Dakota | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 20-543 | Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. | 2020-10-26 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Utah | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 20-82 | Kane County, Utah, et al. v. United States, et al. | 2020-07-29 | Paid | Denied | State of Utah | Melissa Ann Holyoak |
| 19-8099 | Brandon Perry Smith v. Utah | 2020-03-25 | IFP | Denied | State of Utah | Karen A. Klucznik |
| 19-8074 | David Gunter v. Cory Pulsipher | 2020-03-23 | IFP | Denied | Cory Pulsipher | Mark C. Field |
| 19-8021 | Henry L. Jackson v. Utah, et al. | 2020-03-17 | IFP | Denied | State of Utah | Erin Riley |
| 18-1464 | Milos Jiricko v. Frankenburg Jensen Law Firm, et al. | 2019-05-24 | Paid | Denied | Keith Kelly and Heather Brereton | J. Clifford Petersen |
| 18-1340 | Bonnie R. Fowler v. Utah, et al. | 2019-04-25 | Paid | Denied | State of Utah, Judge R. Hansen | Peggy E. Stone |
| 18-8590 | Harlin Argelio Ramos v. Utah | 2019-03-27 | IFP | Denied | Utah | Christopher D. Ballard |
| 18-8284 | Matthew Winters v. City of West Jordan, Utah, et al. | 2019-03-05 | IFP | Denied | Utah State Records Committee | Stanford Edward Purser |
| 18-638 | Greg Anderson v. Gary Herbert, et al. | 2018-11-16 | Paid | Denied | Gary Herbert and Sean Reyes | J. Clifford Petersen |
| 18-332 | Kevin Singson v. Sean Reyes, Attorney General of Utah | 2018-09-14 | Paid | Denied | State of Utah Office of Attorney General, et al. | J. Clifford Petersen |
| 22O141 | Texas, Plaintiff v. New Mexico and Colorado | 2013-01-10 | Invalid case number | Pending | Utah and 22 Other States | Melissa Ann Holyoak |