No. 18-1400

E. V. v. Eugene H. Robinson, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, in His Capacity as Military Judge

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: article-6b due-process inferior-tribunals inferior-tribunals-clause judicial-review military-justice military-sexual-assault military-tribunals psychotherapist-privilege sovereign-immunity ucmj uniform-code-of-military-justice victims-rights
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Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress intended to bar judicial review of a victim's rights under Article 6b

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Congress gave certain rights to victims of military sexual assault. 10 U.S.C. § 806b, Rights of Victims (“Article 6b”). Congress and the President gave victims other rights, including the right to privileged communications with psychotherapists. Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Constitution gives Congress the power “To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court” (the “Inferior Tribunals Clause”). Congress constituted military trial and appellate tribunals by enacting the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 10 U.S.C. § 801 et seg. “UCMJ”). In violation of Article 6b and the psychotherapist privilege, the Respondent military officer ordered the seizure and distribution of the privileged psychotherapy records of the Petitioner, a military sexual assault victim. The military appellate tribunals sustained the Respondent’s orders. Petitioner sought judicial review in federal courts established under Article III of the Constitution. Below, the Ninth Circuit held that the sovereign immunity canon of construction precluded judicial review in federal courts. The questions presented are: 1. Whether Congress intended to bar judicial review of a victim’s rights under Article 6b; and 2. If Congress intended to bar judicial review, whether such bar violates the Constitution’s Inferior Tribunals Clause.

Docket Entries

2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-22
Reply of petitioner E. V. filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-04
Brief of respondent Robinson, Eugene H. in opposition filed.
2019-08-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 4, 2019.
2019-08-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 5, 2019 to October 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-07-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 5, 2019.
2019-07-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2019 to September 5, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-06-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 5, 2019.
2019-06-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2019 to August 5, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-05-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 5, 2019.
2019-05-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 5, 2019 to July 5, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-05-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 5, 2019)
2019-03-26
Application (18A965) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 2, 2019.
2019-03-19
Application (18A965) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 2, 2019 to May 2, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

E. V.
Peter Jeffrey CootePennoni Associates Inc., Petitioner
Peter Jeffrey CootePennoni Associates Inc., Petitioner
Robinson, Eugene H.
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent