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No. 21-972
 
Title: Thomas H. Buffington, Petitioner
v.
Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Docketed: January 6, 2022
Linked with: 21A113
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers: (2020-1479)
   Decision Date: August 6, 2021
 
Proceedings and Orders
Oct 22 2021 Application (21A113) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 4, 2021 to December 6, 2021, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Main Document Proof of Service
Oct 27 2021 Application (21A113) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 6, 2021.
Nov 22 2021 Application (21A113) to extend further the time from December 6, 2021 to January 3, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Written Request Proof of Service
Nov 30 2021 Application (21A113) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 3, 2022.
Jan 03 2022 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 7, 2022)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 12 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 7, 2022 to March 9, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Jan 14 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 9, 2022.
Feb 04 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Concerned Veterans for America Foundation filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Senators Tom Cotton, Marsha Blackburn, Kevin Cramer, and Ted Cruz filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 03 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 9, 2022 to April 8, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Mar 04 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 8, 2022.
Apr 08 2022 Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Apr 26 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
Apr 26 2022 Reply of petitioner Thomas H. Buffington filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
May 05 2022 Rescheduled.
May 16 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/19/2022.
May 17 2022 Rescheduled.
May 23 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
May 24 2022 Rescheduled.
May 31 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
May 31 2022 Rescheduled.
Jun 06 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
Jun 07 2022 Rescheduled.
Jun 13 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
Jun 16 2022 Rescheduled.
Jun 21 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
Jun 21 2022 Rescheduled.
Sep 12 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
Oct 03 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
Oct 11 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
Oct 24 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
Oct 31 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/4/2022.
Nov 07 2022 Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Richard A. Samp
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
1225 19th Street NW, Suite 450
Washington, DC 20036
rasamp@verizon.net
Ph: 202-869-5210
Party name: Thomas H. Buffington


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 Veteran Affairs


Other Attorneys
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: Military-Veterans Advocacy, National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Paralyzed Veterans of America, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Vietnam Veterans of America


Thomas M. Fisher
Counsel of Record
Office of the Indiana Attorney General
IGC South, Fifth Floor
302 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
tom.fisher@atg.in.gov
Ph: 317-232-6255
Party name: States of Indiana, Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia


Raymond J. LaJeunesse Jr.
Counsel of Record
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
8001 Braddock Rd, Suite 600
Springfield, VA 22151
rjl@nrtw.org
Ph: 703-321-8510
Party name: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.


Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
tom@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: Cato Institute and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.


Michael Hugh McGinley
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
michael.mcginley@dechert.com
Ph: (202) 261-3378
Party name: Senators Tom Cotton, Marsha Blackburn, Kevin Cramer, and Ted Cruz


Michael David Pepson
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
1310 N. Courthouse Rd., Ste. 700
Arlington, VA 22201
mpepson@afphq.org
Ph: 5713294529
Party name: Concerned Veterans for America Foundation

 

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