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Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration

Petition for certiorari denied on January 10, 2022

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
21-133 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2021

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.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/29/2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2021)
08/13/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2021 to October 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
08/16/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 1, 2021.
09/01/2021Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
09/24/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
09/27/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 1, 2021.
10/22/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 1, 2021 to November 29, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
10/26/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 29, 2021.
11/29/2021Brief of respondent Federal Aviation Administration in opposition filed.
12/13/2021Reply of petitioner Jorge Alejandro Rojas filed. (Distributed)
12/15/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
01/10/2022Petition DENIED.