| No. 16-399 | |
| Title: | Anthony W. Perry, Petitioner v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
| Docketed: | September 27, 2016 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (14-1155) |
| Decision Date: | July 22, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 27 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 27, 2016) |
| Oct 21 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 28, 2016. |
| Nov 14 2016 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 5, 2016. |
| Dec 05 2016 | Brief of respondent Merit Systems Protection Board in opposition filed. |
| Dec 20 2016 | Reply of petitioner Anthony W. Perry filed. |
| Dec 21 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017. |
| Jan 09 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2017. |
| Jan 13 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 14 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Feb 17 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, April 17, 2017. |
| Feb 22 2017 | Record requested from U.S.C.A. for the D.C. Circuit. |
| Feb 27 2017 | Record received from U.S.C.A. for the D.C. Circuit. The record is electronic. |
| Feb 27 2017 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Feb 27 2017 | Brief of petitioner Anthony W. Perry filed. |
| Mar 03 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA) filed. |
| Mar 17 2017 | Record received from the Merit Systems Protection Board (1 box). |
| Mar 22 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Mar 29 2017 | Brief of respondent Merit Systems Protection Board filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 10 2017 | Reply of petitioner Anthony W. Perry filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 17 2017 | Argued. For petitioner: Christopher Landau, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Brian H. Fletcher, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 23 2017 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Record from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Christopher Landau Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 clandau@kirkland.com | (202) 879-5000 |
| Party name: Anthony W. Perry | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall Counsel of Record | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | (202) 514-2217 |
| Party name: Merit Systems Protection Board | ||
| Brian Halligan Fletcher | Assistant to the Solicitor General 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 5619 Washington, DC 20530 Brian.Fletcher@usdoj.gov | 202-514-3344 |
| Party name: Merit Systems Protection Board | ||
| Other | ||
| Michael L. Foreman | Pennsylvania State University, Civil Rights Appellate Clinic 329 Innovation Blvd., Suite 118 University Park, PA 16803 mlf25@psu.edu | (814) 865-3832 |
| Party name: Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA) | ||