Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration
Petition for certiorari denied on January 10, 2022
Issue: Whether the 9th Circuit, in a sharply divided en banc decision, erred by adopting the consultant corollary and holding that “intra-agency memorandums or letters” in Freedom of Information Act’s Exemption 5 (5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5)) encompasses documents prepared by APTMetrics, a private, outside consultant.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jul 29 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2021) |
| Aug 13 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2021 to October 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Aug 16 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 1, 2021. |
| Sep 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
| Sep 24 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Sep 27 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 1, 2021. |
| Oct 22 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 1, 2021 to November 29, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Oct 26 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 29, 2021. |
| Nov 29 2021 | Brief of respondent Federal Aviation Administration in opposition filed. |
| Dec 13 2021 | Reply of petitioner Jorge Alejandro Rojas filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 15 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022. |
| Jan 10 2022 | Petition DENIED. |
