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Carnahan v. Maloney

Judgment vacated and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case on June 26, 2023.

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
22-425 D.C. Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2023

Issue: Whether individual members of Congress have Article III standing to sue an executive agency to compel it to disclose information that the members have requested under 5 U.S.C. " 2954.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/04/2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2022)
11/17/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2022 to January 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
11/18/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 6, 2023.
12/20/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2023 to February 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
12/21/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 6, 2023.
02/06/2023Brief of respondents Carolyn Maloney, et al. in opposition filed.
02/22/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
02/22/2023Reply of petitioner Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the General Services Administrator filed. (Distributed)
03/20/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
03/27/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
04/10/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
04/17/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
04/24/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
05/08/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
05/15/2023Petition GRANTED.
06/07/2023Letter from counsel for respondents notifying the Court of their voluntary dismissal entered in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia received.
06/14/2023Suggestion of mootness filed by petitioner Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the General Services Administration. (Distributed)
06/20/2023Response to suggestion of mootness from respondents Maloney, et al. filed. (Distributed)
06/26/2023Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to dismiss the case. Justice Jackson dissents from the vacatur of the order of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and would instead dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
07/28/2023Judgment issued.