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Cotty O'Leary v. Office of Personnel Management, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 16-2477 · judgment September 6, 2017


Certiorari denied · June 4, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand (GVR) so that the Federal Circuit may decide this case in light of the Court’s forthcoming decision in Lucia v. SEC, No. 17- 130 (U.S.), on whether administrative law judges (ALJs) must be appointed in accordance with the Constitution’s Appointments Clause.

  2. Whether 5 C.F.R. §§ 332.404, .405 establish a non-delegable duty that requires a federal agency’s appointing officer to personally review an ALJ candidate’s merit and fitness before the agency may remove that candidate from future consideration for ALJ hiring under § 332.405 (the rule-of-three).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman
Subbaraman PLLC

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A869

Proceedings

  1. Aug 06 2018
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 24 2018
    Letter of July 19, 2018, received from counsel for the petitioner. (Distributed)
  3. Jul 12 2018
    DISTRIBUTED.
  4. Jun 29 2018
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  5. Jun 04 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  6. May 15 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/31/2018.
  7. May 08 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Office of Personnel Management, et al. to respond filed.
  8. Apr 12 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 16, 2018)
  9. Feb 15 2018
    Application (17A869) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 12, 2018.
  10. Feb 12 2018
    Application (17A869) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 26, 2018 to April 12, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.