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Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Reginald Kirtz
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 21-2149 · judgment August 24, 2022
Before the decision, about 15.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a Third Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Whether the civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., unequivocally and unambiguously waive the sovereign immunity of the United States.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
For respondent
Matthew Benjamin Weisberg
Weisberg Law
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Amicus briefs
2 merits
(2 respondent)
Argument & decision
Argued November 6, 2023 — Benjamin W. Snyder · Nandan M. Joshi. Audio and transcript
Decided February 8, 2024. Opinion by Gorsuch.
Proceedings
- Aug 19 2024Record returned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
- Mar 11 2024Judgment issued.
- Feb 08 2024Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
- Nov 06 2023Argued. For petitioner: Benjamin W. Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Nandan M. Joshi, Washington, D. C.
- Oct 25 2023Reply of petitioner Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 02 2023Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 02 2023Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 25 2023Brief of respondent Reginald Kirtz filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 18 2023CIRCULATED
- Sep 15 2023Complete record on appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit received electronically and available with the Clerk.
- Sep 07 2023Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
- Sep 06 2023SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 6, 2023.
- Aug 21 2023Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
- Aug 15 2023Brief of petitioner Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service filed.
- Jul 10 2023Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 15, 2023. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 25, 2023.
- Jun 27 2023Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service.
- Jun 27 2023Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
- Jun 20 2023Petition GRANTED.
- Jun 12 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/15/2023.
- Jun 05 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/8/2023.
- May 16 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
- May 16 2023Reply of petitioner Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service filed. (Distributed)
- May 02 2023Brief of respondent Reginald Kirtz in opposition filed.
- Mar 22 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 8, 2023.
- Mar 21 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 6, 2023 to May 8, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 03 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 6, 2023)
- Jan 17 2023Application (22A642) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 1, 2023 to March 3, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Jan 17 2023Application (22A642) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 3, 2023.