No. 20-138
 
Title: Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al., Petitioners
v.
Sierra Club, et al.
Docketed: August 7, 2020
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-16102, 19-16300)
   Decision Date: June 26, 2020
Rule 12.4
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 07 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 8, 2020)
Sep 01 2020 Letter of September 1, 2020 from the Acting Solicitor General filed.
Sep 01 2020 Motion of respondents California and New Mexico to extend the time to file a response from September 8, 2020 to September 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Sep 02 2020 Response to motion from petitioner Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed.
Sep 02 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 16, 2020, for all respondents.
Sep 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Rep. Andy Barr filed.
Sep 08 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Sep 16 2020 Brief of respondents Sierra Club & Southern Border Communities Coalition in opposition filed. (Distributed)
Sep 16 2020 Brief of respondents California and New Mexico in opposition filed. (Distributed)
Sep 17 2020 Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.
Sep 23 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
Sep 24 2020 Reply of petitioners Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 13 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
Oct 19 2020 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 13 2020 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Nov 24 2020 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including December 8, 2020. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including January 12, 2021.
Dec 08 2020 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed 5/12/21).
Dec 08 2020 Brief of petitioners Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed.
Dec 15 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 15 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Dec 15 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Rep. Andy Barr filed.
Dec 31 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, February 22, 2021
Jan 06 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al.
Jan 12 2021 Brief of respondents Sierra Club & Southern Border Communities Coalition filed. (Distributed)
Jan 12 2021 Brief of respondents States of California and New Mexico filed. (Distributed)
Jan 14 2021 CIRCULATED
Jan 18 2021 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 19 2021 Motion for divided argument filed by respondents.
Jan 19 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Rio Grande Landowners Coalition filed. (Distributed)
Jan 19 2021 Brief amici curiae of Defenders of Wildlife et al., filed. (Distributed)
Jan 19 2021 Brief amici curiae of Former Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Jan 19 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Tohono O'odham Nation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 19 2021 Brief amici curiae of 87 Religious Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Jan 19 2021 Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 19 2021 Brief amicus curiae of United States House of Representatives filed. (Distributed)
Jan 19 2021 Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2021 CIRCULATED
Jan 25 2021 Motion for divided argument filed by respondents GRANTED.
Jan 25 2021 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Jan 28 2021 Record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit electronic and located on Pacer.
Feb 01 2021 Motion to hold further briefing in abeyance and remove the case from the February 2021 argument calendar filed by petitioners. (Distributed)
Feb 03 2021 Motion to hold further briefing in abeyance and remove the case from the February 2021 argument calendar GRANTED.
Apr 30 2021 Letter from the Acting Solicitor General notifying the Court of the April 30, 2021, memorandum of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, filed. (Distributed)
Jun 11 2021 Motion to vacate and remand filed by petitioners.
Jun 18 2021 Response in opposition to motion to vacate and remand from respondent Sierra Club & Southern Border Communities Coalition filed.
Jun 18 2021 Response to motion from respondents States of California and New Mexico filed.
Jun 22 2021 Reply of petitioners Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. filed.
Jul 02 2021 The motion to vacate the judgment is granted. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit with instructions to direct the District Court to vacate its judgments. The District Court should consider what further proceedings are necessary and appropriate in light of the changed circumstances in this case.
Aug 03 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
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: Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Aimee Athena Feinberg
Counsel of Record
California Department of Justice
1300 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Aimee.Feinberg@doj.ca.gov
Ph: 916-210-6003
Party name: States of California and New Mexico


Dror Ladin
Counsel of Record
American Civil Liberties Union Fundation
125 Broad Street, Fl 18
New York, NY 10004

dladin@aclu.org
Ph: 2122847303
Party name: Sierra Club & Southern Border Communities Coalition


Joshua A. Klein
California Department of Justice
1515 Clay Street
Suite 2000
Oakland, CA 94612-1413

JOSHUA.KLEIN@DOJ.CA.GOV
Ph: 510-879-0756
Party name: California and New Mexico


Other Attorneys
Douglas Wharton Alexander
Alexander Dubose et al.
Bank of America Center 515 Congress Avenue,Suite 1720
Austin, TX 78701

dalexander@adjtlaw.com
Ph: 5124829300
Party name: Rio Grande Landowners Coalition


Samuel Franklin Daughety
Dentons-US LLP
1900 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006

samuel.daughety@dentons.com
Ph: 202-408-6427
Party name: Tohono O'odham Nation


John Arak Freedman
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP
601 Mass. Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

JOHN.FREEDMAN@ARNOLDPORTER.COM
Ph: 202-942-5316
Party name: Former Members of Congress


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Constitutional Accountability Center
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Federal Courts Scholars


Dorothy Alicia Hickok
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square
Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19103

ALICIA.HICKOK@FAEGREDRINKER.COM
Ph: 215-988-3364
Party name: The Rutherford Institute


Richard Peter Hutchison
Landmark Legal Foundation
3100 Broadway
Suite 1200
Kansas City, MO 64111

pete.hutch@landmarklegal.org
Ph: 8169315559
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation


Lawrence J. Joseph
Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 700 PMB 5155
Washington, DC 20036

LJOSEPH@LARRYJOSEPH.COM
Ph: 2028992987
Party name: Rep. Andy Barr


Douglas Neal Letter
Office of General Counsel
U.S. House of Representatives 5140 O'Neill House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

douglas.letter@mail.house.gov
Ph: 202-225-9700
Party name: United States House of Representatives


Jason Craig Rylander
Center for Biological Diversity
1411 K Street NW, Suite 1300
Washington, DC 20005

jrylander@biologicaldiversity.org
Ph: 2027442244
Party name: Defenders of Wildlife et al


Jay Alan Sekulow
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: The American Center for Law and Justice


Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017

ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org
Ph: 212599-7000
Party name: The Cato Institute


Jonathan Calvin Wood
Property and Environment Research Center
2048 Analysis Dr.
Ste. A
Bozeman, MT 59718

jonathan@perc.org
Ph: (406) 587-9591
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Steven Alan Zalesin
Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

sazalesin@pbwt.com
Ph: 2123362000
Party name: 87 Religious Organizations