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Atlantic Medical Center, Inc. v. Gonzalez-Feliciano

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on October 7, 2013.

Docket No.12-1043
Op. Below1st Cir

Issue

Whether a court must find that a sovereign intended to relinquish its Eleventh Amendment immunity in order to find that the sovereign waived that immunity through its litigation conduct, for example, by promising to make payments voluntarily in order to avoid a court injunction requiring those payments.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Dec 14, 2012
Application (12A617) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 26, 2012 to January 25, 2013, submitted to Justice Breyer.
Dec 18, 2012
Application (12A617) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until January 25, 2013.
Jan 16, 2013
Application (12A617) to extend further the time from January 25, 2013 to February 22, 2013, submitted to Justice Breyer.
Jan 17, 2013
Application (12A617) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until February 22, 2013.
Feb 22, 2013
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 27, 2013)
Mar 18, 2013
Waiver of right of respondents Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano, Secretary, Puerto Rico Department of Health, et al. to respond filed.
Apr 10, 2013
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 26, 2013.
Apr 17, 2013
Response Requested . (Due May 17, 2013)
May 14, 2013
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 17, 2013.
Jun 18, 2013
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including July 3, 2013.
Jul 3, 2013
Brief of respondents Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano, Secretary, Puerto Rico Department of Health, et al. in opposition filed.
Jul 16, 2013
Reply of petitioners Atlantic Medical Center, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 17, 2013
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013.
Oct 7, 2013
Petition DENIED.

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