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Amber Brooks, et al. v. Mentor Worldwide LLC

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 19-3240 · judgment January 26, 2021


Certiorari denied · November 8, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

The question presented is whether preemption under the Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act supports Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of state common law claims alleging failure to warn by virtue of inaccurate public reporting of adverse events, and claims alleging defective manufacture of medical devices.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anthony Anderson Benton Dogali
Dogali Law Group, P.A.

For respondent
Dustin Bradley Rawlin
Tucker Ellis LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 08 2021
    Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 20 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
  3. Sep 30 2021
    Brief of respondent Mentor Worldwide LLC in opposition filed.
  4. Aug 25 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 1, 2021.
  5. Aug 22 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2021 to October 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. Jul 21 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 1, 2021.
  7. Jul 20 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 2, 2021 to September 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Jun 25 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2021)