No. 22-605

Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2023-01-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: administrative-law agency-deference mootness Munsingwear SEC-v-Chenery vacatur
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Environmental Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-06-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether under the United States v. Munsingwear 340 U.S. 36 (1950) the Court should grant certiorari and vacate the decisions below in this case that became involuntarily moot following the Court of Appeals' opinion?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Whether under the United States v. Munsingwear 340 U.S. 36 (1950) the Court should grant certiorari and vacate the decisions below in this case that became involuntarily moot following the Court of Appeals’ opinion? Whether the Federal Circuit contravened SEC v. Chenery, 318 U.S. 80 (1943) by sustaining the Secretary’s rulemaking denial on a ground other than the one adopted by the agency?

Docket Entries

2023-06-12
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-01
Reply of petitioner Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2023-05-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/8/2023.
2023-05-05
Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.
2023-03-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 5, 2023.
2023-03-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 5, 2023 to May 5, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-02-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 5, 2023.
2023-02-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 6, 2023 to April 5, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-01-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 6, 2023.
2023-01-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 2, 2023 to March 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 2, 2023)

Attorneys

McDonough, Denis
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Military-Veterans Advocacy
John Bennett Wells — Petitioner
John Bennett Wells — Petitioner