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Docket for 21-908

No. 21-908

Title:	Kate Marie Bartenwerfer, Petitioner v. Kieran Buckley
Docketed:	December 21, 2021
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(20-60021, 20-60023, 20-60024)
Decision Date:	August 12, 2021
Rehearing Denied:	September 24, 2021
Questions Presented

Proceedings and Orders

Dec 17 2021

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2022)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Dec 23 2021

Waiver of right of respondent Kieran Buckley to respond filed.
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Jan 12 2022

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.

Jan 19 2022

Response Requested. (Due February 18, 2022)

Jan 21 2022

Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 18, 2022 to March 21, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Feb 01 2022

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 21, 2022.

Mar 21 2022

Brief of respondent Kieran Buckley in opposition filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Apr 06 2022

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.

Apr 25 2022

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.

May 02 2022

Petition GRANTED.

May 17 2022

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jun 01 2022

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Kieran Buckley
Blanket Consent

Jun 01 2022

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Kate Bartenwerfer
Blanket Consent

Jun 07 2022

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 July 19, 2022. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 22, 2022.

Jul 19 2022

Brief of petitioner Kate Bartenwerfer filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jul 19 2022

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Main Document Proof of Service

Jul 21 2022

Brief amici curiae of The Hon. Judith Fitzgerald (Ret.), et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jul 26 2022

Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jul 26 2022

Brief amicus curiae of Robert E. Zuckerman filed.
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Jul 26 2022

Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
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Sep 22 2022

Brief of respondent Kieran Buckley filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Sep 29 2022

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count

Sep 29 2022

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
Main Document Proof of Service

Sep 29 2022

Brief amici curiae of Professors Lawrence Ponoroff, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Oct 11 2022

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.

Oct 18 2022

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

Oct 24 2022

Reply of petitioner Kate Bartenwerfer filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Oct 25 2022

CIRCULATED.

Oct 28 2022

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.

Nov 01 2022

Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. The record is available on PACER.

Dec 06 2022

Argued. For petitioner: Sarah M. Harris, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Zachary D. Tripp, Washington, D. C.; and Erica L. Ross, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Feb 22 2023

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., filed an opinion for a unanimous Court. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Jackson, J., joined.

Mar 27 2023

Judgment issued.
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Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

Lisa S. Blatt
Counsel of Record

Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
lblatt@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: Kate Bartenwerfer

Sarah Michelle Harris

Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
sharris@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5599
Party name: Kate Bartenwerfer

Iain Angus Macdonald

Macdonald\Fernandez LLP
221 Sansome Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
iMac@macfern.com
Ph: (415) 362-0449
Party name: Kate Bartenwerfer

Attorneys for Respondents

Zachary D. Tripp
Counsel of Record

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
2001 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
zack.tripp@weil.com
Ph: 202-682-7220
Party name: Kieran Buckley

Janet Marie Brayer

Law Offices of Janet Brayer
P.O. Box 954
Moss Beach, CA 94038
janet@brayer.net
Ph: 415-286-4400
Party name: Kieran Buckley

Other Attorneys

Kathryn M. Davis
Counsel of Record

Law Office of Kathryn M. Davis
530 S. Lake Ave.
No. 425
Pasadena, CA 91101
kathryn.davis@kmdavislaw.com
Ph: 2132200846
Party name: Robert E. Zuckerman

Elaine Janet Goldenberg
Counsel of Record

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 500E
Washington, DC 20001-5369
elaine.goldenberg@mto.com
Ph: 202-220-1114
Party name: Professors Lawrence Ponoroff and Rafael I. Pardo

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 Hon. Judith Fitzgerald (Ret.),, et al.

Peter Vincent Marchetti
Counsel of Record

Thurgood Marshall School of Law
3100 Cleburne Street
Houston, TX 77004
peter_marchetti@hotmail.com
Ph: (617) 270-3143
Party name: Law Professors

Elizabeth B. Prelogar

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

Jacob Thomas Spencer
Counsel of Record

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
JSPENCER@GIBSONDUNN.COM
Ph: (202) 887-3792
Party name: National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center and Professor Angela K. Littwin