Donziger v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on March 27, 2023

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-274	2nd Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2022

Issue: (1) Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 42(a)(2) authorizes judicial appointments of inferior executive officers; and (2) if so, whether such appointments violate the appointments clause in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/20/2022	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 24, 2022)
09/29/2022	Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
10/05/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
10/17/2022	Response Requested. (Due November 16, 2022)
11/09/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 16, 2022 to December 16, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
11/10/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2022.
11/16/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jennifer L. Mascott filed.
12/16/2022	Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
12/27/2022	Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
12/27/2022	Reply of petitioner Steven Donziger filed. (Distributed)
12/28/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
01/10/2023	Rescheduled.
01/17/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
02/10/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
02/21/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
02/27/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
03/13/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
03/20/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
03/27/2023	Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch, with whom Justice Kavanaugh joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)