The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 agreed to grant a writ of certiorari in Nivar Santana v. Garland in light of its ruling last term in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Loper overruled the court’s 40-year-old Chevron deference.
The court ordered that the judgment in Santana be vacated and remanded the case back to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals for further consideration in light of Loper.
Last term, the Supreme Court also issued a ruling on Second Amendment protections in United States v. Rahimi. In that case, the court determined that when an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second Amendment.
On Jan. 13, the nation’s high court also granted a writ of certiorari for Andre Dubois v. United States, which it related back to its decision in Rahimi.
In a summary disposition, the court granted Dubois’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari. The Supreme Court also ordered the current judgment in the case be vacated and remanded it back to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for further consideration in light of Rahimi.
Santana is docketed as case No. 24-46 and Dubois is No. 24-5744. Neither case has been scheduled for oral argument as of publication.