| No. 21-234 | |
| Title: | Kevin R. George, Petitioner v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| Docketed: | August 17, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-1916) |
| Decision Date: | March 16, 2021 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 13 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2021) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 24 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 16, 2021 to October 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Aug 25 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2021. |
| Sep 15 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy C. Doerre filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 16 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 05 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2021 to November 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Oct 06 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 17, 2021. |
| Nov 08 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 17, 2021 to December 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Nov 09 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 8, 2021. |
| Dec 08 2021 | Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Dec 20 2021 | Reply of petitioner Kevin R. George filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 22 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022. |
| Jan 10 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022. |
| Jan 14 2022 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jan 25 2022 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Kevin R. George. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Feb 22 2022 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| Feb 28 2022 | Brief of petitioner Kevin R. George filed. |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 03 2022 | Amicus brief of Disabled American Veterans not accepted for filing. (March 03, 2022--Corrected version to be submitted) |
| Mar 03 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Disabled American Veterans (3/3/2022) filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 04 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 07 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 07 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 07 2022 | Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 07 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Swords to Plowshares and Vietnam Veterans of America filed. |
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| Mar 15 2022 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, April 19, 2022. |
| Mar 16 2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. |
| Mar 18 2022 | The record from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Mar 23 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 28 2022 | The record received from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has been electronically filed. |
| Mar 30 2022 | Brief of Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs not accepted for filing. (April 01, 2022--Corrected brief and PDF to be submitted.) |
| Mar 30 2022 | Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Apr 08 2022 | Reply of petitioner Kevin R. George filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 19 2022 | Argued. For petitioner: Melanie L. Bostwick, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 15 2022 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined, and in which Sotomayor, J., joined as to all but Part II–C. |
| Jul 18 2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Melanie Lynn Bostwick Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1152 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 mbostwick@orrick.com | 202-339-8483 |
| Party name: Kevin R. George | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar 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: Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs | ||
| Other | ||
| Robert V. Chisholm Counsel of Record | Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick 321 South Main Street Suite 200 Providence, RI 02903 rchisholm@cck-law.com | 4013316300 |
| Party name: Disabled American Veterans | ||
| Jeremy Cooper Doerre Counsel of Record | Tillman Wright, PLLC 3440 Toringdon Way, Suite 310 Charlotte, NC 28277 jdoerre@ti-law.com | 7042484883 |
| Party name: Jeremy C. Doerre | ||
| Angela K. Drake Counsel of Record | Veterans Clinic University of Missouri 203 Hulston Hall please note error on 20-1148 zip below is correct Columbia, MO 65211-4300 drakea@missouri.edu | 573-882-7630 |
| Party name: National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium | ||
| Michael E. Joffre Counsel of Record | STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C. 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 mjoffre@sternekessler.com | 202-772-8856 |
| Party name: Military-Veterans Advocacy and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | ||
| R. Trent McCotter Counsel of Record | Separation of Powers Clinic, Gray Center Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University 3301 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22201 rmccotte@gmu.edu | 202-706-5488 |
| Party name: Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee | ||
| Liam James Montgomery Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly, LLP 725 12th St. NW Washington, DC 20005 lmontgomery@wc.com | 2024345030 |
| Party name: National Veterans Legal Services Program; National Organization of Veterans' Advocates; Paralyzed Veterans of America; Service Women's Action Network | ||
| Amy Melissa Rose Counsel of Record | Swords to Plowshares 1060 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94103 amy.rose@stp-sf.org | 415-252-4788 |
| Party name: Swords to Plowshares and Vietnam Veterans of America | ||