No. 21-1453
Joe A. Lynch v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Amici (6)
Tags: administrative-law legislative-history pro-claimant pro-veteran-canon standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation va-claims veterans-benefits
Latest Conference:
2022-10-28
Question Presented (from Petition)
Are the many millions of disabled veterans, their survivors and dependents entitled to have the VA meet a higher threshold of proof to deny their claims than the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Are the many millions of disabled veterans, their survivors and dependents entitled to have the VA meet a higher threshold of proof to deny their claims than the 'equipoise' standard?
Docket Entries
2022-10-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
2022-09-28
Reply of petitioner Joe Lynch filed.
2022-09-15
Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.
2022-08-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 15, 2022.
2022-08-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 18, 2022 to September 15, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-07-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 18, 2022.
2022-07-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 18, 2022 to August 18, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-06-16
Brief amicus curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. filed.
2022-06-16
Brief amicus curiae of Texas A&M University School of Law Family and Veterans Advocacy Clinic filed.
2022-06-16
Brief amicus curiae of National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium filed.
2022-06-15
Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association filed.
2022-06-15
Brief amici curiae of Swords to Plowshares and Connecticut Veterans Legal Center filed.
2022-06-13
Brief amicus curiae of Vietnam Veterans of America filed.
2022-05-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 18, 2022.
2022-05-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 16, 2022 to July 18, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-05-19
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, McDonough, Denis
2022-05-18
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Joe Lynch
2022-05-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 16, 2022)
2022-03-04
Application (21A467) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until May 16, 2022.
2022-03-01
Application (21A467) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 17, 2022 to May 16, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Joe Lynch
Mark Ryan Lippman — Veterans Law Group, Petitioner
McDonough, Denis
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc.
National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium
Swords to Plowshares and Connecticut Veterans Legal Center
Jennifer Librach Nall — DLA Piper LLP (US), Amicus
Texas A&M University School of Law Family and Veterans Advocacy Clinic
Vietnam Veterans of America
Theodore Augustus Howard — Wiley Rein LLP, Amicus