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
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Sep 27 2016Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 27, 2016)
Oct 21 2016Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 28, 2016.
Nov 14 2016Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 5, 2016.
Dec 05 2016Brief of respondent Merit Systems Protection Board in opposition filed.
Dec 20 2016Reply of petitioner Anthony W. Perry filed.
Dec 21 2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017.
Jan 09 2017DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2017.
Jan 13 2017Petition GRANTED.
Feb 14 2017Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the petitioner.
Feb 17 2017SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, April 17, 2017.
Feb 22 2017Record requested from U.S.C.A. for the D.C. Circuit.
Feb 27 2017Record received from U.S.C.A. for the D.C. Circuit. The record is electronic.
Feb 27 2017Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Feb 27 2017Brief of petitioner Anthony W. Perry filed.
Mar 03 2017Brief amicus curiae of Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA) filed.
Mar 17 2017Record received from the Merit Systems Protection Board (1 box).
Mar 22 2017CIRCULATED.
Mar 29 2017Brief of respondent Merit Systems Protection Board filed. (Distributed)
Apr 10 2017Reply of petitioner Anthony W. Perry filed. (Distributed)
Apr 17 2017Argued. 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 2017Judgment 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 2017Record from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board has been returned.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
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 FletcherAssistant 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. ForemanPennsylvania 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)