No. 23-1155
 
Title: Priscilla Villarreal, Petitioner
v.
Isidro R. Alaniz, et al.
Docketed: April 24, 2024
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (20-40359)
   Decision Date: January 23, 2024
 
Proceedings and Orders
Apr 22 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 24, 2024)
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Apr 26 2024 Waiver of right of respondents Claudio Trevino, Jr., Juan L. Ruiz, Deyanira Villarrel, Does1-2 to respond filed.
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May 02 2024 Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
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May 03 2024 Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed.
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May 03 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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May 09 2024 Waiver of right of respondents Isidro R. Alaniz, Marisela Jacaman to respond filed.
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May 22 2024 Brief amici curiae of Reporters, et al. filed.
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May 22 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Muckrock Foundation filed.
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May 23 2024 Brief amici curiae of Independent Journalists filed.
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May 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Law Enforcement Action Partnership filed.
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May 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
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May 24 2024 Brief amici curiae of Young America's Foundation and Manhattan Institute filed.
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May 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability filed.
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May 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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May 24 2024 Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 21 News Organizations filed.
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May 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Center for American Liberty filed.
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May 24 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Jun 04 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
Jun 05 2024 Response Requested. (Due July 5, 2024)
Jun 18 2024 Motion of respondent Texas to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2024 to August 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jun 21 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2024.
Jun 24 2024 Motion of respondents Claudio Trevino, Jr., et al. to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2024 to August 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jun 25 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2024, for all respondents.
Jul 23 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2024 to September 4, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 24 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 4, 2024, for all respondents.
Sep 04 2024 Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief of respondents Isidro R. Alaniz, et al. in opposition filed.
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Sep 13 2024 Reply of petitioner Priscilla Villarreal filed.
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Sep 18 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
Oct 15 2024 Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Gonzalez v. Trevino, 602 U. S. ___ (2024) (per curiam).
Nov 18 2024 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Joshua Tyler Morris
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
700 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Suite 340
Washington, DC 20003

JT.MORRIS@THEFIRE.ORG
Ph: 215-717-3473
Party name: Priscilla Villarreal


Attorneys for Respondents
F. Andrew Hessick III
Counsel of Record

160 Ridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

AHESSICK@EMAIL.UNC.EDU
Ph: (919) 962-4332
Party name: Isidro R. Alaniz, et al.


Jason Eric Magee
Counsel of Record
Allison, Bass & Magee, L.L.P.
1301 Nueces Street
Suite 201
Austin, TX 78701

E.MAGEE@ALLISON-BASS.COM
Ph: (512)482-0701
Party name: Isidro R. Alaniz, Marisela Jacaman


William Michael McKamie
Counsel of Record
Taylor Olson Adkins Sralla & Elam, LLP
6000 Western Place
Suite 200
Fort Worth, TX 76107

mmckamie@toase.com
Ph: 817-332-2580
Party name: Claudio Trevino, Jr., Juan L. Ruiz, Deyanira Villarrel, Does1-2


Lanora Christine Pettit
Counsel of Record
Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

lanora.pettit@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: Texas


Alicia Kara Kreh
Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P.
6000 Western Place, Suite 200
Fort Worth, TX 76107

akreh@toase.com
Ph: 8173322580
Party name: Claudio Trevino, Jr., Juan L. Ruiz, Deyanira Villarrel, Does1-2


Aaron Lloyd Nielson
Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

aaron.nielson@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: Texas


Other Attorneys
Thomas Arthur Berry
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

tberry@cato.org
Ph: (202) 789-5202
Party name: Cato Institute


Anna Aleksandrovna Bidwell
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Rd.
Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

ABIDWELL@IJ.ORG
Ph: 7036829320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Caroline Grace Brothers
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

cgbrothers@ij.org
Ph: (703) 682-9320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Bruce David Brown
Counsel of Record
Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press
1156 15th Street NW
Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005

bruce.brown@rcfp.org
Ph: 2027959300
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 21 News Organizations


John J. Bursch
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: Young America's Foundation and Manhattan Institute


Cynthia Fleming Crawford
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22203

CCRAWFORD@AFPHQ.ORG
Ph: 5713292227
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation


David John Debold
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

DDEBOLD@GIBSONDUNN.COM
Ph: (202) 955-8500
Party name: Law Enforcement Action Partnership


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Rory Thomas Gray
Alliance Defending Freedom
1000 Hurricane Shoals Rd. NE, Suite D-1100
Lawrenceville, GA 30043

RGRAY@ADFLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 770-339-0774
Party name: Young America's Foundation and Manhattan Institute


Aaron S. Jacobs
Counsel of Record
Prince Lobel Tye LLP
One International Place
Suite 3700
Boston, MA 02110

AJacobs@PrinceLobel.com
Ph: 6174568082
Party name: Muckrock Foundation


Patrick Michael Jaicomo
Institute for Justice
901 North Glebe Road
Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

PJAICOMO@IJ.ORG
Ph: 7036829320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Matthew Aaron Kudzin
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
850 Tenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001-4956

mkudzin@cov.com
Ph: 202-662-5990
Party name: Reporters Radley Balko, David Barstow, Kathleen McElroy, Walter Robinson, John Schwartz, and Jacob Sullum


John Michael Reeves Jr.
Counsel of Record
Reeves Law LLC
7733 Forsyth Blvd.
Suite 1100 - #1192
St. Louis, MO 63105

reeves@appealsfirm.com
Ph: 314-775-6985
Party name: Center for American Liberty


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability


Catherine Bukowski Smith
Counsel of Record
Vinson & Elkins LLP
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, TX 77002

csmith@velaw.com
Ph: (713) 758-2391
Party name: Independent Journalists


Jaba Tsitsuashvili
Institute for Justice
901 North Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

jtsitsuashvili@ij.org
Ph: (703) 682-9320
Party name: Institute for Justice


April Ann Wimberg
Counsel of Record
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP
101 South Fifth Street, Suite 3500
Louisville, KY 40202

april.wimberg@dentons.com
Ph: (502) 587-3719
Party name: First Liberty Institute