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.
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 10/08/2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2020) |
| 10/08/2020 | Pursuant 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. |
| 10/16/2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 13, 2020 to December 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 10/19/2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 14, 2020. |
| 12/03/2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 14, 2020 to January 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 12/04/2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 13, 2021. |
| 01/13/2021 | Brief of respondent Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security in opposition filed. |
| 01/27/2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021. |
| 01/27/2021 | Reply of petitioner David Babcock filed. (Distributed) |
| 02/22/2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021. |
| 03/01/2021 | Petition GRANTED. |
| 03/01/2021 | As 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. |
| 03/12/2021 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
| 03/22/2021 | Joint 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. |
| 05/14/2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner David Babcock. |
| 05/20/2021 | Brief of petitioner David Babcock filed. |
| 05/27/2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed. |
| 06/07/2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| 07/13/2021 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, October 13, 2021. |
| 07/26/2021 | Brief of respondent Kijakazi, Acting Comm'r of SSA filed. |
| 07/28/2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit. |
| 07/28/2021 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit has been electronically filed. |
| 08/02/2021 | Motion of David Babcock for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (August 06, 2021) |
| 08/03/2021 | CIRCULATED |
| 08/05/2021 | Application (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. |
| 08/11/2021 | Application (21A17) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file the reply brief on the merits until September 8, 2021. |
| 09/08/2021 | Reply of petitioner David Babcock filed. (Distributed) |
| 10/13/2021 | Argued. For petitioner: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Nicole Reaves, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| 10/14/2021 | Letter of the Solicitor General filed. (Distributed) |
| 01/13/2022 | Adjudged 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. |
| 02/14/2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |