Docket for 16-677
                              
| No. 16-677 |  |  
| Title: | 
| Freddie H. Mathis, Petitioner |  
|  v. |  
|  David J. Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |  
 
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| Docketed: | November 22, 2016 |  
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |  
 
|   Case Nos.: | (2015-7094) |  
|   Decision Date: | April 1, 2016 |  
|   Rehearing Denied: | August 19, 2016 |  
 
 
| ~~~Date~~~  | ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
 
| Nov 15 2016 | 
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 22, 2016)  | 
 
| Nov 28 2016 | 
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. | 
 
| Dec 15 2016 | 
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 23, 2017.  | 
 
| Dec 22 2016 | 
Brief amici curiae of Law School Veterans Clinics and Attorneys filed.  | 
 
| Dec 22 2016 | 
Brief amicus curiae of Disabled American Veterans filed.  | 
 
| Dec 22 2016 | 
Brief amicus curiae of The Federal Circuit Bar Association filed.  | 
 
| Dec 22 2016 | 
Brief amicus curiae of Paralyzed Veterans of America filed.  | 
 
| Dec 22 2016 | 
Brief amici curiae of National Organization of Veterans Advocates, Inc., et al. filed.  | 
 
| Jan 12 2017 | 
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including February 22, 2017.  | 
 
| Feb 22 2017 | 
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including April 7, 2017.  | 
 
| Apr 5 2017 | 
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 8, 2017.  | 
 
| May 4 2017 | 
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 10, 2017.  | 
 
| May 10 2017 | 
Brief of respondent David J. Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.  | 
 
| May 24 2017 | 
Reply of petitioner Freddie H. Mathis filed.  | 
 
| May 30 2017 | 
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 15, 2017. | 
 
| Jun 19 2017 | 
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 22, 2017. | 
 
| Jun 26 2017 | 
Petition DENIED.  Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari.  (Detached). Justice Gorsuch, dissenting from denial of certiorari.  (Detached Opinion). | 
 
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    | 
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   | 
~~Phone~~~ | 
| Attorneys for Petitioner: |  |  | 
| Mark R. Lippman | 
The Veterans Law Group | (888) 811-0523 | 
|     Counsel of Record | 8070 La Jolla Shores Drive |  | 
 | Ste. 437 |  | 
 | La Jolla, CA  92037 |  | 
 | mlippman@veteranslaw.com | 
| Party name: Freddie H. Mathis | 
| Attorneys for Respondent: |  |  | 
| Jeffrey B. Wall | 
Acting Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 | 
|     Counsel of Record | 
United States Department of Justice |  | 
 | 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. |  | 
 | Washington, DC  20530-0001 |  | 
 | SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 
| Party name: David J. Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs | 
| Other: |  |  | 
| Kenneth M. Carpenter | 
Carpenter, Chartered | (785) 357-5251 | 
 | 
1525 S.W. Topeka Blvd. |  | 
 | P.O. Box 2099 |  | 
 | Topeka, KS  66601 |  | 
 | carpgh@mindspring.com | 
| Party name: National Organization of Veterans Advocates, Inc., et al. | 
|   |  |  | 
| Angela K. Drake | 
Instructor and Supervising Attorney | 573 882-7630 | 
 | 
The Veterans Clinic, The University of Missouri School of Law |  | 
 | 203 Hulston Hall  |  | 
 | Columbia, MO  65203 |  | 
 | drakea@missouri.edu | 
| Party name: Law School Veterans Clinics and Attorneys | 
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| Doris Johnson Hines | 
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | (202) 408-4250 | 
 | 901 New York Avenue, NW |  | 
 | Washington, DC  20001-4413 |  | 
 | dori.hines@finnegan.com | 
| Party name: Disabled American Veterans | 
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| Einar Stole | 
Covington & Burling, LLP | 202.662.6000 | 
 | One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street, NW |  | 
 | Washington, DC  20001-4956 |  | 
 | estole@cov.com | 
| Party name: The Federal Circuit Bar Association | 
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| Jennifer Ann Zajac | 
Paralyzed Veterans of America | 760 639 0765 | 
 | 801 18th Street, NW  |  | 
 | Washington, DC  20006 |  | 
 | jenniferz@pva.org | 
| Party name: Paralyzed Veterans of America |