No. 23-5502

Juan Antonio Hernandez-Lopez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2023-12-08 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a law is originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose and continues to have a disparate impact, do subsequent amendments or reenactments cure any equal protection violation even if they do not address the original discriminatory intent?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a law originally enacted with a discriminatory purpose can be cured of an equal protection violation by subsequent amendments or reenactments that do not address the original discriminatory intent

Docket Entries

2023-12-11
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-01
Rescheduled.
2023-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-11-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
2023-10-27
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2023-09-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 1, 2023.
2023-09-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 2, 2023 to November 1, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-08-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 2, 2023)

Attorneys

Juan Hernandez-Lopez
Scott Andrew MartinFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent