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Docket for 19-1108

No. 19-1108

Title:	DeRay Mckesson, Petitioner v. John Doe
Docketed:	March 10, 2020
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(17-30864)
Decision Date:	December 16, 2019
Rehearing Denied:	January 28, 2020

Proceedings and Orders

Mar 05 2020

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2020)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Apr 09 2020

Brief of respondent Black Lives Matter Global Network, Inc. in support filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Apr 09 2020

Amicus brief of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not accepted for filing. (April 15, 2020)

Apr 09 2020

Amicus brief of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not accepted for filing. (April 15, 2020)

Apr 09 2020

Brief amicus curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed.
Certificate of Word Count Main Document Proof of Service

Apr 09 2020

Brief amici curiae of Floyd Abrams, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Apr 09 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Apr 09 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Howard University Human and Civil Rights Clinic filed.
Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service Main Document

Apr 09 2020

Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Apr 09 2020

Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Apr 13 2020

Waiver of right of respondent John Doe to respond filed.
Main Document

Apr 28 2020

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.

May 11 2020

Response Requested. (Due June 10, 2020)

May 29 2020

Brief of respondent John Doe in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service

Jun 17 2020

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.

Jun 19 2020

Reply of petitioner DeRay Mckesson filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Oct 05 2020

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.

Oct 13 2020

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.

Oct 26 2020

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.

Nov 02 2020

Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Justice Thomas dissents. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion)

Dec 04 2020

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

David Thomas Goldberg
Counsel of Record

Donahue, Goldberg, Weaver & Littleton
109 South Fifth Street, Suite 4201
Brooklyn, NY 11249
david@donahuegoldberg.com
Ph: 2123348813
Party name: DeRay Mckesson

Attorneys for Respondents

Donna Unkel Grodner
Counsel of Record

Grodner & Associates
2223 Quail Run Drive
Suite B
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
dgrodner@grodnerlaw.com
Ph: 2257691919
Party name: John Doe

David Meir Zionts
Counsel of Record

Covington & Burlington LLP
One City Center
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
dzionts@cov.com
Ph: (202) 662-6000
Party name: Black Lives Matter Global Network, Inc.

Other Attorneys

Erin Glenn Busby
Counsel of Record

University of Texas School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705
ebusby@law.utexas.edu
Ph: 7139660409
Party name: The Rutherford Institute

Allen Joseph Dickerson
Counsel of Record

Institute for Free Speech
1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036
adickerson@ifs.org
Ph: (202) 301-3300
Party name: Institute for Free Speech

Justin David Hansford
Counsel of Record

Howard University School of Law
2900 Van Ness St. NW
Washington, DC 20008
Justin.Hansford@law.howard.edu
Ph: 2027028538
Party name: Howard University Human and Civil Rights Clinic

Hyland Hunt
Counsel of Record

Deutsch Hunt PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
hhunt@deutschhunt.com
Ph: 2028686915
Party name: First Amendment Scholars

Hope R. Metcalf
Counsel of Record

Peter A. Gruber Rule of Law Clinic
127 Wall Street
P.O. Box 209090
New Haven, CT 06520-9090
hope.metcalf@yale.edu
Ph: 203-432-9404
Party name: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

H. Jefferson Powell
Counsel of Record

Duke Law School
Corner of Science & Towerview
Durham, NC 27708-0360
jefferson.powell01@gmail.com
Ph: 9196137168
Party name: Floyd Abrams, Erwin Chemerinsky, Walter Dellinger, Geoffrey R. Stone, Nadine Strossen, and Kenneth P. White