Alvarado v. Austin
Petition for certiorari denied on April 29, 2024
Issues: (1) Whether a Religious Freedom Restoration Act challenge to the Department of Defense’s failure to accommodate military chaplains’ religious objections to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate was and remains justiciable after Congress directed the Department to rescind the mandate; and (2) whether a challenge to the Department’s coercing chaplains to speak its message about the COVID-19 vaccine survives as capable of repetition yet evading review.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Sep 23 2023 | Application (23A264) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 1, 2023 to December 8, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Sep 27 2023 | Application (23A264) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 8, 2023. |
| Nov 28 2023 | Application (23A264) to extend further the time from December 8, 2023 to December 29, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Dec 01 2023 | Application (23A264) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 29, 2023. |
| Dec 29 2023 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 2, 2024) |
| Jan 19 2024 | Waiver of right of respondent Lloyd Austin, et al. to respond filed. |
| Jan 24 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024. |
| Jan 26 2024 | Response Requested. (Due February 26, 2024) |
| Jan 26 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 26, 2024 to March 27, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 29 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 27, 2024. |
| Feb 02 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Moral Law, et al. filed. |
| Feb 02 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States Congress filed. |
| Feb 02 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, et al. filed. |
| Mar 19 2024 | Application (23A858) for writ of injunction, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Mar 27 2024 | Brief of respondents Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Apr 05 2024 | Reply of petitioners Israel Alvarado, et al. filed. |
| Apr 10 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024. |
| Apr 22 2024 | Supplemental brief on behalf of applicants filed. |
| Apr 29 2024 | Petition DENIED. |
