Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-846	3rd Cir.	Nov 6, 2023	Feb 8, 2024	9-0	Gorsuch	OT 2023

Holding: A consumer may sue a federal agency under 15 U.S.C. "" 1681n and 1681o for defying the terms of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Gorsuch on February 8, 2024.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/17/2023	Application (22A642) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 1, 2023 to March 3, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
01/17/2023	Application (22A642) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 3, 2023.
03/03/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 6, 2023)
03/21/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 6, 2023 to May 8, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
03/22/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 8, 2023.
05/02/2023	Brief of respondent Reginald Kirtz in opposition filed.
05/16/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
05/16/2023	Reply of petitioner Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service filed. (Distributed)
06/05/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/8/2023.
06/12/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/15/2023.
06/20/2023	Petition GRANTED.
06/27/2023	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service.
06/27/2023	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
07/10/2023	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 August 15, 2023. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 25, 2023.
08/15/2023	Brief of petitioner Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service filed.
08/21/2023	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
09/06/2023	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 6, 2023.
09/07/2023	Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
09/15/2023	Complete record on appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit received electronically and available with the Clerk.
09/18/2023	CIRCULATED
09/25/2023	Brief of respondent Reginald Kirtz filed. (Distributed)
10/02/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
10/02/2023	Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
10/25/2023	Reply of petitioner Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service filed. (Distributed)
11/06/2023	Argued. For petitioner: Benjamin W. Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Nandan M. Joshi, Washington, D. C.
02/08/2024	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
03/11/2024	Judgment issued.
08/19/2024	Record returned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.