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Babcock v. Kijakazi

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
20-480 6th Cir. Oct 13, 2021 Jan 13, 2022 8-1 Barrett OT 2021

Holding: Civil-service pension payments based on employment as a dual-status military technician are not payments based on “service as a member of a uniformed service” under 42 U.S.C. § 415(a)(7)(A)(III).

Judgment: Affirmed, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Barrett on January 13, 2022. Justice Gorsuch filed a dissenting opinion.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Oct 08 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2020)
Oct 08 2020Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.
Oct 16 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 13, 2020 to December 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 19 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 14, 2020.
Dec 03 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 14, 2020 to January 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 04 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 13, 2021.
Jan 13 2021Brief of respondent Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security in opposition filed.
Jan 27 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
Jan 27 2021Reply of petitioner David Babcock filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
Mar 01 2021Petition GRANTED.
Mar 01 2021As Rule 34.6 provides, “If the Court schedules briefing and oral argument in a case that was governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) or Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49.1(c), the parties shall submit electronic versions of all prior and subsequent filings with this Court in the case, subject to [applicable] redaction rules.” Subsequent party and amicus filings in the case should now be submitted through the Court’s electronic filing system, with any necessary redactions.
Mar 12 2021Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Mar 22 2021Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 20, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 26, 2021.
May 14 2021Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner David Babcock.
May 20 2021Brief of petitioner David Babcock filed.
May 27 2021Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed.
Jun 07 2021Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Jul 13 2021ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, October 13, 2021.
Jul 26 2021Brief of respondent Kijakazi, Acting Comm'r of SSA filed.
Jul 28 2021Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.
Jul 28 2021Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit has been electronically filed.
Aug 02 2021Motion of David Babcock for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (August 06, 2021)
Aug 03 2021CIRCULATED
Aug 05 2021Application (21A17) to extend the time to file the reply brief on the merits from August 25, 2021 to September 8, 2021, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Aug 11 2021Application (21A17) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file the reply brief on the merits until September 8, 2021.
Sep 08 2021Reply of petitioner David Babcock filed. (Distributed)
Oct 13 2021Argued. For petitioner: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Nicole Reaves, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Oct 14 2021Letter of the Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)
Jan 13 2022Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Feb 14 2022JUDGMENT ISSUED.