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Gary L. Jackson v. Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 18-5180 · judgment February 14, 2020

Certiorari denied · November 23, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 11% cert probability (95% interval 7%–16%)

Before the decision, about 2.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a D.C. Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16, apply to the uniformed military?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anthony F. Shelley
Miller & Chevalier Chartered

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Nov 23 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 04 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
  3. Oct 30 2020
    Reply of petitioner Gary L. Jackson filed.
  4. Oct 16 2020
    Brief of respondent Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy in opposition filed.
  5. Aug 28 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 16, 2020.
  6. Aug 27 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 14, 2020 to October 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Aug 13 2020
    Brief amici curiae of Protect Our Defendants and Black Veterans Project filed.
  8. Aug 06 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 14, 2020.
  9. Aug 05 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 13, 2020 to September 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Jul 10 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2020)