No. 25-6
 
Title: Thomas Keathley, Petitioner
v.
Buddy Ayers Construction, Incorporated
Docketed: July 1, 2025
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (24-60025)
   Decision Date: March 3, 2025
   Rehearing Denied: March 31, 2025
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jun 27 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2025)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 11 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 31, 2025 to September 2, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 14 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 2, 2025.
Sep 02 2025 Brief of respondent Buddy Ayers Constr., Inc., in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Sep 16 2025 Reply of petitioner Thomas Keathley filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 17 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
Oct 14 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
Oct 20 2025 Petition GRANTED.
Oct 23 2025 Motion for an extension of time filed.
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Oct 31 2025 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 12, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 20, 2026.
Dec 08 2025 Amicus brief of The Honorable Melanie Cyganowski (Ret.), et al., not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - December 10, 2025)
Dec 08 2025 Brief amici curiae of The Honorable Melanie Cyganowski (Ret.), et al. filed. (Corrected)
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Dec 12 2025 Brief of petitioner Thomas Keathley filed.
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Dec 12 2025 Joint appendix filed.
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Dec 19 2025 Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting vacatur filed.
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Dec 19 2025 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, et al. filed.
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Dec 19 2025 Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, et al. filed.
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Dec 19 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed.
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Jan 02 2026 Motion of Buddy Ayers Constr., Inc. for an extension of time submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Gregory George Garre
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004

GREGORY.GARRE@LW.COM
Ph: 202-637-2207
Party name: Thomas Keathley


Attorneys for Respondent
William McGinley Jay
Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

WJAY@GOODWINLAW.COM
Ph: 2023464190
Party name: Buddy Ayers Constr., Inc.


David D. O'Donnell
Clayton O'Donnell, PLLC
1403 Van Buren Avenue
Suite 103
Oxford, MS 38655

dodonnell@claytonodonnell.com
Ph: 6622340900
Party name: Buddy Ayers Constr., Inc.


Other Attorneys
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


James Justin Haller
Counsel of Record
National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center
586 N. First Street
#202
San Jose, CA 95112

jhaller@ncbrc.org
Ph: 618-420-1568
Party name: National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, National Consumer Law Center, and National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys


David R. Kuney
Counsel of Record
David Kuney Law
9200 Cambridge Manor Court
Potomac, MD 20854

DAVIDKUNEY@DKUNEY.COM
Ph: (301) 299-4336
Party name: The Honorable Melanie Cyganowski (Ret.), Joan Feeney (Ret.), Judith Fitzgerald (Ret.), Bruce Markell (Ret.), Eugene Wedoff (Ret.), and Professor Robert M. Lawless


Catherine Steege
Counsel of Record
Jenner and Block LLP
353 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654-3456

CSteege@jenner.com
Ph: 312-222-9350
Party name: National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees and American College of Bankruptcy


Jeffrey Robert White
Counsel of Record
American Association for Justice
777 6th Street NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20001-3723

jeffrey.white@justice.org
Ph: 2026175620
Party name: American Association for Justice