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Doe v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Pending petition
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
22-963 2nd Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Issues: (1) Whether the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010’s whistleblower award program excludes whistleblowers whose criminal conduct is only tangentially connected to a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action (and related actions) and who have pleaded guilty but have not been sentenced; and (2) whether the SEC’s heavily redacted Orders Determining Whistleblower Award Claims and sealed Whistleblower Award Proceedings are entitled to Chevron, Skidmore, or some other level of deference.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Mar 29 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 4, 2023)
May 01 2023Waiver of right of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission to respond filed.
May 09 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/25/2023.