Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association Inc. v. Wilkie

Petition granted, judgment vacated and case remanded with instructions to dismiss the case as moot.

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-1693	Fed. Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2018

Issue: (1) Whether judicial review of an interpretative Department of Veteran Affairs" regulation under the Administrative Procedures Act should be foreclosed under 38 U.S.C. § 502 when the Veterans Judicial Reform Act provides the sole avenue for review of the Secretary"s decisions; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit"s decision creates a conflict with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia"s decision in Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association Inc. and Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. McDonald.

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/18/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2018)
07/19/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 23, 2018 to August 22, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
07/19/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 22, 2018.
07/27/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 22, 2018 to September 7, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
07/30/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 7, 2018.
09/07/2018	Brief of respondent Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed. VIDED.
09/24/2018	Reply of petitioner Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
09/26/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
10/22/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
10/29/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
06/17/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
06/17/2019	Supplemental brief of petitioner Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
06/24/2019	Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950).
07/26/2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.