Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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16-677 | Fed. Cir. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2016 |
Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred by creating a presumption of competency for all U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical evaluators, (including physician assistants, nurses and other non-physician health practitioners) to provide an expert opinion on any medical issue, thereby placing the burden on disabled veteran claimants, most of whom are pro se and many of whom suffer “from very significant psychiatric and physical disabilities,” to rebut the presumption by raising a competency objection, by ascertaining evidence of the evaluator’s lack of qualifications, and then by articulating specific reasons in support of the competency challenge.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Nov 15 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 22, 2016) |
Nov 28 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
Dec 15 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 23, 2017. |
Dec 22 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Law School Veterans Clinics and Attorneys filed. |
Dec 22 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Disabled American Veterans filed. |
Dec 22 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of The Federal Circuit Bar Association filed. |
Dec 22 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Paralyzed Veterans of America filed. |
Dec 22 2016 | Brief amici curiae of National Organization of Veterans Advocates, Inc., et al. filed. |
Jan 12 2017 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including February 22, 2017. |
Feb 22 2017 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including April 7, 2017. |
Apr 5 2017 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 8, 2017. |
May 4 2017 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 10, 2017. |
May 10 2017 | Brief of respondent David J. Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed. |
May 24 2017 | Reply of petitioner Freddie H. Mathis filed. |
May 30 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 15, 2017. |
Jun 19 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 22, 2017. |
Jun 26 2017 | Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached). Justice Gorsuch, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion). |
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders California’s Santa Clara County to allow churches to hold indoor services. Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissent. Here’s the short shadow docket order.
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#SCOTUS website indicates that the Court will release orders from today's conference on Monday morning, March 1, at 9:30 am, with opinions again on Thursday, March 4, at 10 am. Justices will also hear oral arguments next week, including in Arizona voting dispute on Tuesday.
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