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Malcolm Wade Pipes v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2022-1509 · judgment December 16, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
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
Whether a military reservist, who was lawfully ordered to engage in remedial fitness training without pay and points, and suffered injury, was on inactive¬ duty training status while performing ordered military training within the meaning of 10 U.S.C. § 101(d)(7)(B) and, therefore, entitled to disability retirement.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mathew B. Tully
Tully Rinckey PLLC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Aug 20 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 15 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jul 18 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 21, 2025)
- May 29 2025Application (24A1155) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 18, 2025.
- May 23 2025Application (24A1155) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 3, 2025 to July 18, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.