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Atlantic Medical Center, Inc. v. Gonzalez-Feliciano

Petition for certiorari denied on October 7, 2013

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
12-1043 1st Cir N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2013

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.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/14/2012Application (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.
12/18/2012Application (12A617) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until January 25, 2013.
01/16/2013Application (12A617) to extend further the time from January 25, 2013 to February 22, 2013, submitted to Justice Breyer.
01/17/2013Application (12A617) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until February 22, 2013.
02/22/2013Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 27, 2013)
03/18/2013Waiver of right of respondents Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano, Secretary, Puerto Rico Department of Health, et al. to respond filed.
04/10/2013DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 26, 2013.
04/17/2013Response Requested . (Due May 17, 2013)
05/14/2013Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 17, 2013.
06/18/2013Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including July 3, 2013.
07/03/2013Brief of respondents Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano, Secretary, Puerto Rico Department of Health, et al. in opposition filed.
07/16/2013Reply of petitioners Atlantic Medical Center, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
07/17/2013DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013.
10/07/2013Petition DENIED.