Beers v. Barr
Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot, on May 18, 2020
Issue: Whether the government may permanently deny a mentally
healthy, responsible and law-abiding citizen of the
United States the opportunity to recover his Second
Amendment rights solely because of a long-ago involuntary commitment.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 20 2019 | Application (19A582) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 10, 2019 to February 8, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Nov 25 2019 | Application (19A582) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 9, 2020. |
| Jan 09 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2020) |
| Feb 04 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 10, 2020 to March 11, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Feb 05 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 11, 2020. |
| Mar 05 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 11, 2020 to April 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Mar 06 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 10, 2020. |
| Apr 03 2020 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Bradley Beers filed. |
| Apr 10 2020 | Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed. |
| Apr 27 2020 | Reply of petitioner Bradley Beers filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 28 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020. |
| May 18 2020 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950). |
| Jun 19 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
