No. 23-74
Title:Debra A. Vitagliano, Petitioner
v.
County of Westchester, New York
Docketed:July 25, 2023
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
   Case Numbers:(23-30)
   Decision Date:June 21, 2023
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:

DateProceedings and Orders
Jul 21 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 24, 2023)
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Jul 28 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 24, 2023 to September 25, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 31 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 25, 2023.
Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Human Coalition, et al. filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation, et al. filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Eugene Volokh, et al. filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amicus curiae of Americans United for Life filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amicus curiae of Christian Legal Society filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Knights of Columbus, et al. filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amicus curiae of Ethics and Public Policy Center filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Eleanor McCullen, et al. filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Kentucky, et al. filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Jeannie Hill and the American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Pregnancy Care Center, et al. filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Texas Right to Life and America First Legal Foundation filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amicus curiae of Students for Life of America filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Wagner Faith & Freedom Center and Right to Life of Michigan filed.
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Aug 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al. filed.
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Aug 30 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2023 to October 25, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 31 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 25, 2023.
Oct 25 2023Brief of respondent County of Westchester, New York in opposition filed.
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Nov 02 2023Reply of petitioner Debra A. Vitagliano filed.
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Nov 03 2023Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
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Nov 08 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
Dec 01 2023Rescheduled.
Dec 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
Dec 11 2023Petition DENIED.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Mark Leonard Rienzi
    Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

MRIENZI@BECKETLAW.ORG
(202) 955-0095
Party name: Debra A. Vitagliano
Attorneys for Respondent
John M. Nonna
    Counsel of Record
Westchester County Law Department
148 Martine Avenue
Suite 600
White Plains , NY 10601

jnonna@westchestercountyny.gov
914-995-2690
Party name: County of Westchester
Justin R. AdinWestchester County Department of Law
148 Martine Avenue
Suite 600
Whie Plains, NY 10601

jra3@westchestercountyny.gov
914-995-2893
Party name: County of Westchester
Other
Steven Henry Aden
    Counsel of Record
Americans United for Life
1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, DC 22036

STEVEN.ADEN@AUL.ORG
202-741-4917
Party name: Americans United for Life
William Bock III
    Counsel of Record
Kroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP
111 Monument Circle
Suite 900
Indianapolis, IN 46204-5125

wbock@kgrlaw.com
3176929000
Party name: Students for Life of America
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: Alliance Defending Freedom
Anthony Thomas Caso
    Counsel of Record
Constitutional Counsel Group
1628 N Main St. #289
Salinas, CA 93906

ATCASO@CCG1776.COM
916-601-1916
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
    Counsel of Record
Claybrook, LLC
655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425
Washington, DC 20005

rick@claybrooklaw.com
202-250-3833
Party name: Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al.
Heather Gebelin Hacker
    Counsel of Record
Hacker Stephens LLP
108 Wild Basin Rd
Suite 250
Austin, TX 78746

HEATHER@HACKERSTEPHENS.COM
512-399-3022
Party name: Human Coalition, Feminists Choosing Life of New York, Frederick Douglass Foundation, and New Wave Feminists
John D. Inazu
    Counsel of Record
Washington University School of Law
Campus Box 1120, One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

jinazu@wustl.edu
9197242073
Party name: Christian Legal Society
Matthew Franklin Kuhn
    Counsel of Record
Office of Attorney General of Kentucky
700 Capital Avenue, Suite 118
Frankfort, KY 40601

MATT.KUHN@KY.GOV
(502) 696-5300
Party name: Kentucky, et al.
Christopher E. Mills
    Counsel of Record
Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law
8436060640
Party name: Pregnancy Care Center, Inc. d/b/a Elinor Martin Residence & Clarity Women's Center, Salida Pregnancy Resource Center, Boulder Pregnancy Resource Center, Steamboat Springs Pregnancy Resource Center, and Delta Pregnancy Resource Center
Jonathan F. Mitchell
    Counsel of Record
Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701

jonathan@mitchell.law
(512) 686-3940
Party name: Texas Right to Life and America First Legal Foundation
Laura Darien NammoCenter for Law & Religious Freedom
8001 Braddock Rd. Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151

laura@clsnet.org
7038621819
Party name: Christian Legal Society
Daniel Nolan Nightingale
    Counsel of Record
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
370 17th St.
Suite 4500
Denver, CO 80202

NIGHTINGALE@WTOTRIAL.COM
3032441800
Party name: Ethics and Public Policy Center
Gene Clayton Schaerr
    Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
202-787-1060
Party name: Knights of Columbus and March for Life Education and Defense Fund
Brian David Schmalzbach
    Counsel of Record
McGuireWoods LLP
800 East Canal Street
Richmond, VA 23219

bschmalzbach@mcguirewoods.com
8047754746
Party name: Eugene Volokh, Richard W. Garnett, & Michael Stokes Paulsen
Jeffrey Michael Schwab
    Counsel of Record
Liberty Justice Center
440 North Wells Street
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60654

JSchwab@LJC.org
312-637-2280
Party name: Liberty Justice Center
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: Jeannie Hill and the American Center for Law and Justice
Catherine Wynne Short
    Counsel of Record
Life Legal Defense Foundation
P.O. Box 1313
Ojai, CA 94024

kshort@lldf.org
(707) 337-6880
Party name: Life Legal Defense Foundation and Walter Hoye
William Wagner
    Counsel of Record
106 E. Main Street
Spring Arbor, MI 49283

PROF.WWJD@GMAIL.COM
517-643-1765
Party name: Wagner Faith & Freedom Center and Right to Life of Michigan
Walter M. WeberAmerican Center for Law & Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002-5703

WMWEBER@ACLJ-DC.ORG
703.639.0775
Party name: Jeannie Hill and the American Center for Law and Justice
Edward Mark Wenger
    Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC
2300 N Street, NW
Suite 643A
Washington, DC 20037

emwenger@HoltzmanVogel.com
2027378808
Party name: Eleanor McCullen & Kelsey Fiocco