No. 20-1148
 
Title: Robert M. Sellers, Petitioner
v.
Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Docketed: February 22, 2021
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers: (2019-1769)
   Decision Date: July 15, 2020
   Rehearing Denied: October 1, 2020
 
Proceedings and Orders
Feb 12 2021 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 24, 2021)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 03 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 24, 2021 to April 23, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Mar 04 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 23, 2021.
Mar 23 2021 Amicus brief of National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium not accepted for filing. (March 23, 2021)
Mar 23 2021 Brief amicus curiae of National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium filed. (3/25/2021)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 23 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Certificate of Word Count
Mar 24 2021 Brief amicus curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 24 2021 Brief amicus curiae of National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Apr 23 2021 Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count
Apr 26 2021 Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from May 11, 2021 to May 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Apr 28 2021 Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until May 18, 2021 granted.
May 17 2021 Reply of petitioner Robert M. Sellers filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
May 18 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
Jun 07 2021 Petition DENIED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Melanie Lynn Bostwick
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1152 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

mbostwick@orrick.com
Ph: 202-339-8483
Party name: Robert M. Sellers


Attorneys for Respondents
Brian H. Fletcher
Counsel of Record
Acting Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs


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

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


Michael E. Joffre
Counsel of Record
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
1100 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005

mjoffre@sternekessler.com
Ph: 202-772-8856
Party name: Military-Veterans Advocacy, Inc.


Roman Martinez V
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins, LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004

roman.martinez@lw.com
Ph: 202-637-3377
Party name: National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc.


Teena-Ann Varghese Sankoorikal
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

tsankoorikal@cov.com
Ph: 202-662-6000
Party name: National Veterans Legal Services Program