| No. 22-174 | |
| Title: | Gerald E. Groff, Petitioner v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General |
| Docketed: | August 25, 2022 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-1900) |
| Decision Date: | May 25, 2022 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 23 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 26, 2022) |
| PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 30 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Gerald E. Groff |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Sep 09 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 26, 2022 to October 26, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Sep 12 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 26, 2022. |
| Sep 19 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Sep 22 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Alabama Center for Law and Liberty filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 22 2022 | Brief amici curiae of The Sikh Coalition, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 23 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Asma T. Uddin and Steven T. Collis filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 23 2022 | Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States Congress filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of John Kluge filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Thomas More Society and The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Robert P. Roesser & Christian Legal Society filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of ServiceOther | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Former EEOC General Counsel and Title VII Religious Accommodation Expert filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Religious Liberty Scholars and Employment Law Scholars filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 26 2022 | Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Oct 11 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 26, 2022 to November 25, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Oct 12 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 25, 2022. |
| Nov 10 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2022 to November 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Nov 14 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 28, 2022. |
| Nov 28 2022 | Brief of respondent Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Dec 13 2022 | Reply of petitioner Gerald E. Groff filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Dec 14 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023. |
| Jan 09 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023. |
| Jan 13 2023 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jan 31 2023 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Aaron Michael Streett Counsel of Record | Baker Botts, L.L.P. 910 Louisiana Street Houston, TX 77002 aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com | 7132291855 |
| Party name: Gerald E. Groff | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service | ||
| Other | ||
| Thomas L. Brejcha Jr. Counsel of Record | Thomas More Society 309 W Washington Street Chicago, IL 60606 tbrejcha@thomasmoresociety.org | 3127821680 |
| Party name: Thomas More Society and The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty | ||
| John J. Bursch Counsel of Record | Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 jbursch@adflegal.org | (616) 450-4235 |
| Party name: John Kluge | ||
| Bruce N. Cameron Counsel of Record | National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation 8001 Braddock Road Ste. 600 Springfield, VA 22160 bnc@nrtw.org | 703-321-8510 |
| Party name: Robert P. Roesser & Christian Legal Society | ||
| Sarah Elizabeth Child Counsel of Record | Nelson Madden Black LLP 475 Park Avenue South, Suite 2800 New York, NY 10016 schild@nelsonmaddenblack.com | 2123824306 |
| Party name: Members of the United States Congress | ||
| Matthew James Clark Counsel of Record | Alabama Center for Law and Liberty 2213 Morris Ave. Floor 1 Birmingham, AL 35203 matt@alabamalawandliberty.org | 256-530-0519 |
| Party name: Alabama Center for Law and Liberty | ||
| Steven Timothy Collis Counsel of Record | University of Texas Law 727 East Dean Keeton Street Austin, TX 78723 steven.collis@law.utexas.edu | 512-475-9090 |
| Party name: Asma T. Uddin and Steven T. Collis | ||
| Nathan Lewin Counsel of Record | Lewin & Lewin, LLP 888 17th St. NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 nat@lewinlewin.com | 2028281000 |
| Party name: National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (“COLPA”) and Other Jewish Organizations | ||
| John Archer Meiser Counsel of Record | Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic 1338 Biolchini Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 jmeiser@nd.edu | 574-631-3880 |
| Party name: Religious Liberty Scholars and Employment Law Scholars | ||
| Christopher E. Mills Counsel of Record | Spero Law LLC 557 East Bay Street #22251 Charleston, SC 29413 cmills@spero.law | 8436060640 |
| Party name: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | ||
| Jonathan Zachary Morris Counsel of Record | Horvitz & Levy LLP 3601 W. Olive Ave., 8th Fl. 8th Fl. Burbank, CA 91505 jmorris@horvitzlevy.com | 8189950800 |
| Party name: The Sikh Coalition, Muslim Associates, and The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team | ||
| Rachel Nicole Morrison Counsel of Record | Ethics & Public Policy Center 1730 M Street, N.W. Suite 910 Washington, DC 20036 rmorrison@eppc.org | 202-682-1200 |
| Party name: Former EEOC General Counsel and Title VII Religious Accommodation Expert | ||
| Lindsay Sara See Counsel of Record | Office of the West Virginia Attorney General State Capitol Complex Building 1, Room E-26 Charleston, WV 25305 lindsay.s.see@wvago.gov | 3045582021 |
| Party name: State of West Virginia and 16 Other States | ||
| Jay Alan Sekulow Counsel of Record | American Center for Law and Justice 201 Maryland Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 sekulow@aclj.org | 2025468890 |
| Party name: American Center for Law and Justice | ||
| John W. Whitehead Counsel of Record | The Rutherford Institute 109 Deerwood Road Charlottesville, VA 22911 legal@rutherford.org | 4349783888 |
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||