Rojas v. United States
Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit for further consideration in light of the confession of error by the
solicitor general in her brief for the United States filed on
September 17, 2021.
Issue: Whether the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act’s felony prohibitions on
“dispensing” drugs reach the administering of drugs
by practitioners, which has been left to state and local
regulation for more than a century.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| May 13 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 17, 2021) |
| Jun 08 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 17, 2021 to July 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jun 09 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 19, 2021. |
| Jun 17 2021 | Brief amici curiae of American Conservative Union Foundation and The Cato Institute filed. |
| Jul 14 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 19, 2021 to August 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jul 15 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 18, 2021. |
| Aug 13 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 18, 2021 to September 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Aug 16 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 17, 2021. |
| Sep 17 2021 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
| Oct 06 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021. |
| Oct 06 2021 | Reply of petitioner Murray Rojas filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 01 2021 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of the confession of error by the Solicitor General in her brief for the United States filed on September 17, 2021. |
| Dec 03 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
