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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
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
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
24A1155
Order
Order list, October 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied
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.