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Bond v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on April 29, 2019

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-782 4th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2018

Issue: Whether when denying a pro se litigant leave to amend a complaint, a district court must provide a reason for that denial"as held by the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3rd, 7th, 9th, 11th and District of Columbia Circuits"or whether a district court need not provide a justifying reason when denying a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint if that reason is apparent from an analysis of the record, as held by the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 1st, 4th, 5th and 10th Circuits.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/19/2018Application (18A418) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 31, 2018 to December 17, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
10/22/2018Application (18A418) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 17, 2018.
12/17/2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2019)
01/10/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 22, 2019 to February 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
01/11/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 22, 2019.
02/05/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 22, 2019 to March 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
02/06/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 25, 2019.
03/25/2019Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed.
04/09/2019Reply of petitioner William C. Bond filed.
04/10/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
04/29/2019Petition DENIED.