No. 17-1679
Vide 17-1693
 
Title: Robert H. Gray, Petitioner
v.
Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Docketed: June 20, 2018
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers: (2016-1782)
   Decision Date: November 16, 2017
   Rehearing Denied: March 21, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jun 19 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 20, 2018)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 11 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 20, 2018 to August 20, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Jul 12 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 20, 2018.
Jul 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jul 20 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc.(NOVA), et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 27 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 20, 2018 to September 7, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Jul 30 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 7, 2018.
Sep 07 2018 Brief of respondent Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed. VIDED.
Proof of Service Main Document
Sep 25 2018 Reply of petitioner Robert Gray filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 26 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
Oct 10 2018 Supplemental brief of petitioner Robert Gray filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 22 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
Oct 29 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
Nov 02 2018 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 07 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy C. Doerre filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 17 2018 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Main Document Proof of Service
Dec 17 2018 Brief of petitioner Robert Gray filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 17 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Robert Gray.
Blanket Consent
Dec 20 2018 Amicus brief of Natioinal Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium not accepted for filing. (December 20, 2018 -- Corrected version submitted)
Dec 20 2018 Amicus brief of Natioinal Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium not accepted for filing. (December 20, 2018 -- Corrected version submitted)
Dec 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium filed.
Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 21 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, February 25, 2019.
Dec 21 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP), et al. filed.
Main Document
Dec 21 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 21 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc.(NOVA), et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 11 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.
Jan 15 2019 CIRCULATED
Jan 16 2019 Brief of respondent Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs filed. (Distributed)
Proof of Service Main Document
Jan 28 2019 Record from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. The record is complete.
Feb 01 2019 Memorandum of the respondent suggesting that the case may become moot filed. (Distributed)
Proof of Service Main Document
Feb 04 2019 Petitioner's response to memorandum suggesting that the case may become moot filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service
Feb 05 2019 Letter from petitioner updating Clerk on action in related case filed. (Distributed)
Main Document
Feb 06 2019 The case is REMOVED FROM THE ARGUMENT CALENDAR for Monday, February 25, 2019.
Feb 07 2019 The briefing schedule is suspended pending further order of the Court.
Jun 04 2019 Motion to dismiss as moot filed by respondent Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Proof of Service Main Document
Jun 13 2019 Response to motion to dismiss as moot from petitioner Robert Gray filed.
Main Document Other Proof of Service
Jun 17 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
Jun 24 2019 The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950).
Jul 26 2019 JUDGMENT SSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Roman Martinez
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins, LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004

roman.martinez@lw.com
Ph: 202-637-2200
Party name: Robert Gray


Attorneys for Respondents
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS!USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs


Other Attorneys
Christine Arezu Khalili-Borna Clemens
Counsel of Record
Finkelstein & Partners, LLP
Veterans' Services Group
1279 Route 300, P.O. Box 1111
Newburgh, NY 12551

cclemens@lawampm.com
Ph: 845-562-0203
Party name: National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc.(NOVA), et al.


Stephen Blake Kinnaird
Counsel of Record
Paul Hastings LLP
875 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005

stephenkinnaird@paulhastings.com
Ph: 202-551-1842
Party name: National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) and Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc.


Jeremy Cooper Doerre
Counsel of Record
Tillman Wright, PLLC
11325 N. Community House Road, Suite 250
Charlotte, NC 28277

jdoerre@ti-law.com
Ph: 7042484883
Party name: Jeremy C. Doerre


Angela K. Drake
Counsel of Record
The Veterans Clinic at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
203 Hulston Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-4300

drakea@missouri.edu
Ph: 573-882-7630
Party name: National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium


John Bennett Wells
Counsel of Record
Military-Veterans Advocacy
P O Box 5235
Slidell, LA 70469

JohnLawEsq@msn.com
Ph: 985-641-1855
Party name: Blue Water Navy VietnamVeterans Association