No. 17-801
Title:In Re United States, et al., Petitioners
Docketed:December 1, 2017
Linked with 17A570
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(17-72917)
   Decision Date:November 16, 2017
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Analyst:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Dec 01 2017Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due January 2, 2018)
Proof of ServicePetition
Dec 01 2017Application (17A570) for a stay pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of mandamus, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Proof of ServiceMain Document
Dec 01 2017Response to application (17A570) requested by Justice Kennedy, due Wednesday, December 6, 2017, by 4 p.m. ET.
Dec 06 2017Response to application from respondent United States District Court for the Northern District of California filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
Dec 06 2017Response to application from respondents California, et al. filed.
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Dec 06 2017Response to application from respondents Garcia, Dulce, et al. filed.
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Dec 07 2017Reply of applicants United States, et al. filed.
Proof of ServiceReply
Dec 08 2017Application (17A570) referred to the Court.
Dec 08 2017Application (17A570) granted by the Court. The application for a stay presented to JUSTICE KENNEDY and by him referred to the Court is granted, and the District Court’s September 22, 2017, October 17, 2017, and November 20, 2017 orders, to the extent they require discovery and addition to the administrative record filed by the Government, are stayed pending disposition of the Government’s petition for a writ of mandamus or in the alternative a writ of certiorari. Responses to the Government’s petition for a writ of mandamus or in the alternative a writ of certiorari must be filed by Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. JUSTICE BREYER, with whom JUSTICE GINSBURG, JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, and JUSTICE KAGAN join, dissenting from grant of stay. (Detached opinion).
Dec 12 2017Blanket Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party or of neither party, filed by Petitioner, United States, et al.
Blanket Consent
Dec 13 2017Brief of respondents State of California, et al. in opposition filed.
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Dec 13 2017Brief of respondent Regents of the University of California and Janet Napolitano in her official capacity as President of the University of California in opposition filed.
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Dec 13 2017Brief of respondent Dulce Garcia, Miriam Gonzalez Avila, Saul Jimenez Suarez, Viridiana Chabolla Mendoza, Norma Ramirez, and Jirayut Latthivongskorn in opposition filed.
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Dec 13 2017Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars in support of respondents filed.
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Dec 13 2017Brief amici curiae of Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Public Citizen, Inc. in support of respondents filed.
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Dec 13 2017Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.
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Dec 13 2017Brief amicus curiae of The State of Texas filed.
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Dec 13 2017Motion of New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Governor of Colorado, District of Columbia for leave to file amicus brief not accepted for filing. (December 13, 2017)
Dec 15 2017Reply of petitioners United States, et al. filed.
Proof of ServiceMain Document
Dec 20 2017Petition treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari and GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion)
Jan 22 2018JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Noel J. Francisco
    Counsel of Record
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, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent
Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.
    Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071

tboutrous@gibsondunn.com
(213) 229-7804
Party name: Dulce Garcia, Miriam Gonzalez Avila, Saul Jimenez Suarez, Viridiana Chabolla Mendoza, Norma Ramirez, and Jirayut Latthivongskorn
Robert Allen Long Jr.
    Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling, LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth St., NW
Washington, DC 20001

rlong@cov.com
202-662-5612
Party name: Regents of the University of California and Janet Napolitano in her official capacity as President of the University of California
Michael James Mongan
    Counsel of Record
State of California, Department of Justice
455 Golden Gate Ave., Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA 94102

michael.mongan@doj.ca.gov
(415) 703-2548
Party name: State of California
Other
Scott A. Keller
    Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
Solicitor General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

scott.keller@oag.texas.gov
512-936-1700
Party name: The State of Texas
Darren Seiji Teshima
    Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
405 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

dteshima@orrick.com
415-773-5700
Party name: Legal Scholars
Barbara Dale Underwood
    Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10271-0332

Barbara.underwood@ag.ny.gov
212-416-8016
Party name: New York, et al.
Michael E. Wall
    Counsel of Record
Natural Resources Defense Council
111 Sutter Street, 21st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

mwall@nrdc.org
415-875-6100
Party name: Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Public Citizen, Inc.