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Douglas B. Moylan, Attorney General of Guam v. Guam Society of Obstetrician and Gynecologists, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-15602 · judgment April 28, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
For more than thirty years, a federal injunction has prohibited enforcement of Guam Public Law 20-134 based solely on Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., this Court overruled Roe and held that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. 597 U.S. 215, 292 (2022). Following Dobbs, Guam’s Attorney General moved under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(5) to vacate the injunction. The district court denied relief, but the court of appeals dismissed the appeal as moot. The question presented is: Whether a federal court may dismiss as moot a Rule 60(b)(5) challenge to an ongoing permanent injunction resting entirely upon constitutional precedent that this Court has expressly overruled.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gonzalo Alberto Gayoso
Office of the Attorney General of Guam
For respondent
Anita P. Arriola
Arriola Law Firm
Proceedings
- Sep 18 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 24, 2026, for all respondents.
- Sep 17 2026Motion of Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2026 to November 24, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 16 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 24, 2026.
- Sep 14 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2026 to November 24, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 26 2026Response Requested. (Due September 25, 2026)
- Aug 19 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 29 2026Waiver of right of respondent Dr. William Freeman to respond filed.
- Jul 01 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 6, 2026)
- May 13 2026Application (25A1247) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 3, 2026.
- Apr 24 2026Application (25A1247) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 4, 2026 to July 3, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.