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No. 19-968
Title:	Chike Uzuegbunam, et al., Petitioners v. Stanley C. Preczewski, et al.
Docketed:	February 3, 2020
Linked with 19A461
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Case Numbers:	(18-12676)
Decision Date:	July 1, 2019
Rehearing Denied:	September 4, 2019
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Oct 24 2019	Application (19A461) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2019 to January 31, 2020, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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Oct 28 2019	Application (19A461) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 31, 2020.

Jan 31 2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2020)
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Feb 13 2020	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
	Blanket Consent
Feb 19 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2020 to April 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
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Feb 19 2020	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
	Blanket Consent
Feb 24 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2020.

Feb 28 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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Mar 02 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
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Mar 02 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
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Mar 03 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Mar 03 2020	Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed.
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Mar 04 2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
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Mar 04 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed.
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Mar 04 2020	Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
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Mar 27 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2020 to April 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 30 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 22, 2020.

Apr 22 2020	Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. in opposition filed.
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May 05 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.

May 05 2020	Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jul 08 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/8/2020.

Jul 09 2020	Petition GRANTED.

Jul 27 2020	Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 28 2020	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
	Blanket Consent
Aug 03 2020	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
	Blanket Consent
Aug 06 2020	Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 8, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020.

Aug 25 2020	Joint motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Sep 01 2020	Joint motion to further extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 22, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including November 19, 2020.

Sep 22 2020	Joint appendix filed.
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Sep 22 2020	Brief of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed.
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Sep 24 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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Sep 24 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed.
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Sep 25 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
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Sep 25 2020	Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Sep 28 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc. filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc. filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Cato Institute filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Christian Legal Society filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Brief amici curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2020	Amicus brief of American Humanist Association not accepted for filing. (October 06, 2020 - Corrected version submitted)

Sep 29 2020	Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed. (October 7, 2020)
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Nov 16 2020	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Nov 19 2020	Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. filed.
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Nov 25 2020	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.

Nov 25 2020	Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
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Nov 25 2020	Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 03 2020	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.

Dec 03 2020	The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Dec 04 2020	The record from the U.S. Dist. Court of Northern Dist. of Georgia (Atlanta) is electronic and located on PACER.

Dec 07 2020	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Dec 08 2020	CIRCULATED

Dec 21 2020	Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 12 2021	Argued. For petitioners: Kristen K. Waggoner, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Hashim M. Mooppan, Counselor to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Andrew A. Pinson, Atlanta, Ga.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Kristen Kellie Waggoner Counsel of Record	Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 kwaggoner@adflegal.org	202-393-8690
Party name: Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
John J. Bursch	Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 jbursch@adflegal.org	(616) 450-4235
Party name: Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Andrew Alan Pinson Counsel of Record	Office of the Georgia Attorney General 40 Capital Square SW Atlanta, GA 30334-1300 apinson@law.ga.gov	404-458-3409
Party name: Stanley Preczewski, et al.
Other
Jeffrey B. Wall Counsel of Record	Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov	202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Owen Dennis Yeates Counsel of Record	Institute for Free Speech 1150 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 801 Washington, DC 20036 oyeates@ifs.org	202-301-3300
Party name: Institute for Free Speech
Loren L. AliKhan Counsel of Record	D.C. Office of the Attorney General Office of the Solicitor General 400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100 Washington, DC 20001 loren.alikhan@dc.gov	202-727-6287
Party name: District of Columbia
Lisa Schiavo Blatt Counsel of Record	Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 lblatt@wc.com	202-434-5050
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Institute for Justice
Matthew James Clark Counsel of Record	Foundation for Moral Law 1 Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 matt@morallaw.org	334-262-1245
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law
Cynthia Fleming Crawford Counsel of Record	Americans for Prosperity Foundation 1310 N. Courthouse Road 7th Floor Arlington, VA 22201 cynthia.crawford@causeofaction.org	2024992421
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Frank Dawson Garrison IV Counsel of Record	National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 600 Springfield, VA 22160 fdg@nrtw.org	703-321-8510
Party name: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
Scott William Gaylord Counsel of Record	Elon University School of Law Appellate Clinic 201 North Greene Street Greensboro, NC 27401 sgaylord@elon.edu	3362799331
Party name: CatholicVote.org Education Fund
James L. Hirsen Counsel of Record	Suite 101 505 S. Villa Real Drive Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 james@jameshirsen.com	714-283-8880
Party name: Justice and Freedom Fund, et al.
Patrick Michael Kane Counsel of Record	Fox Rothschild LLP 230 N. Elm Street Suite 1200 Greensboro, NC 27401 pat.kane@smithmoorelaw.com	336-378-5200
Party name: National Conference Of State Legislatures; et al.
Daniel Patrick Kearney Jr. Counsel of Record	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20006 Daniel.Kearney@wilmerhale.com	202-663-6000
Party name: Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
Adele Auxier Keim Counsel of Record	The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 akeim@becketlaw.org	202-955-0095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Scott A. Keller Counsel of Record	Baker Botts LLP 700 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 scott.keller@bakerbotts.com	2026397837
Party name: Young Americans for Liberty, Inc.
Kevin Franz King Counsel of Record	Covington & Burling LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street NW Washington, DC 20001 kking@cov.com	2026625488
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Deborah Joyce La Fetra Counsel of Record	Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814 DLaFetra@pacificlegal.org	(916) 419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, Delaney Wysingle, Rentberry Inc., Luis Ramirez, Michael Jackson, Tory Smith, and Jillian Ostrewich
Elbert Lin Counsel of Record	Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 951 E. Byrd Street Riverfront Plaza, East Tower Richmond, VA 23219-4074 elin@HuntonAK.com	804-788-7202
Party name: The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute
Michael J. Lockerby Counsel of Record	Foley & Lardner LLP Washington Harbour 3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20007-5109 mlockerby@foley.com	202-945-6079
Party name: The Rutherford Institute
Lena Fatina Masri Counsel of Record	CAIR Legal Defense Fund 453 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20003 ldf@cair.com	2027426420
Party name: Council on American-Islamic Relations
Eric D. McArthur Counsel of Record	Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 emcarthur@sidley.com	(202) 736-8018
Party name: Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc.
Todd R. McFarland Counsel of Record	General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church Office of General Counsel 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600 mcfarlandt@gc.adventist.org	3016816321
Party name: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Michael Hugh McGinley Counsel of Record	Dechert LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 michael.mcginley@dechert.com	202-261-3378
Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al.
Monica Lynn Miller Counsel of Record	American Humanist Association 1821 Jefferson Place NW Washington, DC 20036 mmiller@americanhumanist.org	2022389088
Party name: American Humanist Association
Matthew Adam Seligman Counsel of Record	Public Citizen 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 mseligman@citizen.org	9174286055
Party name: Public Citizen
Reed Neal Smith Counsel of Record	Christian Legal Society Center For Law and Religious Freedom 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 302 Springfield, VA 22151 rsmith@clsnet.org	7038941081
Party name: Christian Legal Society
Mathew D. Staver Counsel of Record	Liberty Counsel PO Box 540774 Orlando, FL 32854 court@lc.org	407-875-1776
Party name: Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc.