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Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on January 10, 2022.

Docket No.21-133
Op. Below9th Cir.

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.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Jul 29, 2021
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2021)
Aug 13, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2021 to October 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 16, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 1, 2021.
Sep 1, 2021
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Sep 24, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Sep 27, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 1, 2021.
Oct 22, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 1, 2021 to November 29, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 26, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 29, 2021.
Nov 29, 2021
Brief of respondent Federal Aviation Administration in opposition filed.
Dec 13, 2021
Reply of petitioner Jorge Alejandro Rojas filed. (Distributed)
Dec 15, 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
Jan 10, 2022
Petition DENIED.

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