El Paso County, Texas v. Biden
Petition for certiorari before judgment denied on July 2, 2021.
Issues: (1) Whether the executive branch’s expenditure of
$2.5 billion on border-wall construction violates the
Consolidated Appropriations Act and thus the Constitution's appropriations clause; and (2) whether the Department of Defense’s transfer
of $2.5 billion between agency appropriations accounts violates Section 8005 of the DOD Appropriations Act and
thus the Constitution's appropriations clause.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Sep 02 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due October 8, 2020) |
| Sep 30 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 8, 2020 to November 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Oct 02 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2020. |
| Oct 29 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 9, 2020 to November 17, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Oct 30 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 17, 2020. |
| Nov 17 2020 | Brief of respondents Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Nov 20 2020 | Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed. |
| Nov 23 2020 | Reply of petitioners El Paso County, Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 24 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020. |
| Dec 07 2020 | Supplemental brief of petitioners El Paso County, Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 02 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment DENIED. |
| Jul 27 2021 | Petition for Rehearing filed. |
| Aug 19 2021 | DISTRIBUTED. |
| Sep 10 2021 | Rehearing DENIED. |
