No. 25-782
Garland Williamson v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-procedure appellate-review court-procedure judicial-mandate legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw HabeasCorpus Securities
AdministrativeLaw HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference:
2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a federal appellate court may affirm the dismissal of a statutory claim without interpreting the governing statute, without applying the Administrative Procedure Act's requirement that courts 'decide all relevant questions of law,' and without enforcing mandate-fixed factual predicates
Docket Entries
2026-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-29
Waiver of Collins, Douglas of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent Collins, Douglas to respond filed.
2025-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2026)
2025-10-06
Application (25A392) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 17, 2026.
2025-09-27
Application (25A392) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 18, 2025 to January 17, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Collins, Douglas
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Garland Williamson
Garland O. Williamson — Petitioner
Garland O. Williamson — Petitioner
Garland O. Williamson — Petitioner