Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration
Certiorari Denied
Petition for certiorari denied on January 10, 2022.
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.
Jul 29, 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2021)Aug 13, 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2021 to October 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 16, 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 1, 2021.
Sep 1, 2021Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.Sep 24, 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.Sep 27, 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 1, 2021.
Oct 22, 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 1, 2021 to November 29, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.Oct 26, 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 29, 2021.
Nov 29, 2021Brief of respondent Federal Aviation Administration in opposition filed.Dec 13, 2021Reply of petitioner Jorge Alejandro Rojas filed. (Distributed)Dec 15, 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
Jan 10, 2022Petition DENIED.
Recommended Citation: Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/rojas-v-federal-aviation-administration/