Chapman v. Doe
Petition for writ of certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot under United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. on March 20, 2023.
Issues: (1) Whether Clerk Chapman was properly denied quasi-judicial immunity because the judge could not recall anything about the case, including whether the judge directed her to notify the parents when an unemancipated minor filed an application for a judicial bypass to have an abortion; (2) whether it was clearly established in 2018 that providing prehearing notification to an unemancipated minor’s parent of a judicial bypass procedure violates the minor’s clearly established rights; and (3) whether, in light of this court’s intervening decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., the court should remand to determine whether Doe can show she has a right to a judicial bypass procedure without notice to her parents.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Aug 15 2022 | Application (22A146) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 31, 2022 to September 30, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. |
| Aug 18 2022 | Application (22A146) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until September 30, 2022. |
| Sep 30 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2022) |
| Nov 01 2022 | Waiver of right of respondent Jane Doe, by Next Friend Anthony E. Rothert to respond filed. |
| Nov 02 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022. |
| Nov 04 2022 | Response Requested. (Due December 5, 2022) |
| Dec 05 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 5, 2022 to January 4, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 06 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 4, 2023. |
| Jan 04 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 4, 2023 to January 12, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 05 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 12, 2023. |
| Jan 11 2023 | Suggestion of Mootness filed by respondent Jane Doe, by Next Friend Anthony E. Rothert. |
| Jan 12 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 12, 2023 to February 10, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 13 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 10, 2023. |
| Feb 07 2023 | Suggestions of Mootness and Unopposed Motion to Vacate the Judgment of the Court of Appeals filed by petitioner Michelle Chapman. |
| Feb 08 2023 | Motion of Jane Doe, by Next Friend Anthony E. Rothert for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (February 09, 2023) |
| Feb 15 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023. |
| Feb 16 2023 | Response to petitioner's suggestion of mootness from respondent Jane Doe, by Next Friend Anthony E. Rothert filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 13 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023. |
| Mar 20 2023 | 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). Justice Jackson, dissenting. (Detached Opinion) |
| Apr 21 2023 | Judgment issued. |
