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No. 21-234
 
Title: Kevin R. George, Petitioner
v.
Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Docketed: August 17, 2021
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-1916)
   Decision Date: March 16, 2021
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 13 2021 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2021)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 24 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 16, 2021 to October 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Aug 25 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2021.
Sep 15 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy C. Doerre filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Sep 16 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 05 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2021 to November 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Oct 06 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 17, 2021.
Nov 08 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 17, 2021 to December 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Nov 09 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 8, 2021.
Dec 08 2021 Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Dec 20 2021 Reply of petitioner Kevin R. George filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 22 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
Jan 10 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
Jan 14 2022 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 25 2022 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Kevin R. George.
Main Document Proof of Service
Feb 22 2022 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Feb 28 2022 Brief of petitioner Kevin R. George filed.
Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 03 2022 Amicus brief of Disabled American Veterans not accepted for filing. (March 03, 2022--Corrected version to be submitted)
Mar 03 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Disabled American Veterans (3/3/2022) filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 04 2022 Brief amicus curiae of National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 07 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Swords to Plowshares and Vietnam Veterans of America filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 15 2022 ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, April 19, 2022.
Mar 16 2022 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.
Mar 18 2022 The record from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Mar 23 2022 CIRCULATED
Mar 28 2022 The record received from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has been electronically filed.
Mar 30 2022 Brief of Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs not accepted for filing. (April 01, 2022--Corrected brief and PDF to be submitted.)
Mar 30 2022 Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count
Apr 08 2022 Reply of petitioner Kevin R. George filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 19 2022 Argued. For petitioner: Melanie L. Bostwick, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 15 2022 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined, and in which Sotomayor, J., joined as to all but Part II–C.
Jul 18 2022 JUDGMENT ISSUED
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Melanie Lynn Bostwick
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1152 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
mbostwick@orrick.com
Ph: 202-339-8483
Party name: Kevin R. George


Attorneys for Respondents
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
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: Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs


Other Attorneys
Robert V. Chisholm
Counsel of Record
Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick
321 South Main Street
Suite 200
Providence, RI 02903
rchisholm@cck-law.com
Ph: 4013316300
Party name: Disabled American Veterans


Jeremy Cooper Doerre
Counsel of Record
Tillman Wright, PLLC
3440 Toringdon Way, Suite 310
Charlotte, NC 28277
jdoerre@ti-law.com
Ph: 7042484883
Party name: Jeremy C. Doerre


Angela K. Drake
Counsel of Record
Veterans Clinic University of Missouri
203 Hulston Hall
please note error on 20-1148 zip below is correct
Columbia, MO 65211-4300
drakea@missouri.edu
Ph: 573-882-7630
Party name: National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium


Michael E. Joffre
Counsel of Record
STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
1100 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
mjoffre@sternekessler.com
Ph: 202-772-8856
Party name: Military-Veterans Advocacy and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles


R. Trent McCotter
Counsel of Record
Separation of Powers Clinic, Gray Center
Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
3301 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
rmccotte@gmu.edu
Ph: 202-706-5488
Party name: Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee


Liam James Montgomery
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly, LLP
725 12th St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
lmontgomery@wc.com
Ph: 2024345030
Party name: National Veterans Legal Services Program; National Organization of Veterans' Advocates; Paralyzed Veterans of America; Service Women's Action Network


Amy Melissa Rose
Counsel of Record
Swords to Plowshares
1060 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103
amy.rose@stp-sf.org
Ph: 415-252-4788
Party name: Swords to Plowshares and Vietnam Veterans of America

 

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