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Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the General Services Administration v. Carolyn Maloney, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 18-5305 · judgment December 29, 2020
Decided · June 26, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 47% cert probability (95% interval 34%–60%)
Before the decision, about 11.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a D.C. Circuit decision below.
Question presented
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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
For respondent
David C. Vladeck
Georgetown Law
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 7 conferences
Argument & decision
Decided June 26, 2023.
Proceedings
- Jul 28 2023Judgment issued.
- Jun 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.
- Jun 20 2023Response to suggestion of mootness from respondents Maloney, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 14 2023Suggestion of mootness filed by petitioner Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the General Services Administration. (Distributed)
- Jun 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.
- May 15 2023Petition GRANTED.
- May 08 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
- Apr 24 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
- Apr 17 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
- Apr 10 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
- Mar 27 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
- Mar 20 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
- Feb 22 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
- Feb 22 2023Reply of petitioner Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the General Services Administrator filed. (Distributed)
- Feb 06 2023Brief of respondents Carolyn Maloney, et al. in opposition filed.
- Dec 21 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 6, 2023.
- Dec 20 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2023 to February 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 18 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 6, 2023.
- Nov 17 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2022 to January 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 04 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2022)