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Carnahan v. Maloney

Judgment vacated and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case on June 26, 2023.

Docket No.22-425
Op. BelowD.C. Cir.

Issue

Whether individual members of Congress have Article III standing to sue an executive agency to compel it to disclose information that the members have requested under 5 U.S.C. § 2954.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Nov 4, 2022
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2022)
Nov 17, 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2022 to January 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Nov 18, 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 6, 2023.
Dec 20, 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2023 to February 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 21, 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 6, 2023.
Feb 6, 2023
Brief of respondents Carolyn Maloney, et al. in opposition filed.
Feb 22, 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
Feb 22, 2023
Reply of petitioner Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the General Services Administrator filed. (Distributed)
Mar 20, 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
Mar 27, 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
Apr 10, 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
Apr 17, 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
Apr 24, 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
May 8, 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
May 15, 2023
Petition GRANTED.
Jun 7, 2023
Letter from counsel for respondents notifying the Court of their voluntary dismissal entered in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia received.
Jun 14, 2023
Suggestion of mootness filed by petitioner Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the General Services Administration. (Distributed)
Jun 20, 2023
Response to suggestion of mootness from respondents Maloney, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 26, 2023
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to dismiss the case. Justice Jackson dissents from the vacatur of the order of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and would instead dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
Jul 28, 2023
Judgment issued.

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