No. 22-6841
Bharani Padmanabhan v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: antitrust antitrust-law civil-rights due-process economic-freedom free-enterprise licensing-board market-participants sovereign-immunity
Latest Conference:
2023-04-14
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does Massachusetts ' grant of blanket sovereign immunity to the medical licensing
board - knowing that by law it shall not be supervised by the Governor - violate the
Nation 's free enterprise structure and the right of the people to economic freedom?
2. Does this Court 's ruling on the importance of the preservation of economic
freedom extend to and apply within Massachusetts?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does Massachusetts' grant of blanket sovereign immunity to the medical licensing board violate the Nation's free enterprise structure and the right of the people to economic freedom?
Docket Entries
2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-15
Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine to respond filed.
2023-02-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 24, 2023)
2022-12-08
Application (22A503) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until February 9, 2023.
2022-12-03
Application (22A503) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 11, 2022 to February 9, 2023, submitted to Justice Jackson.
Attorneys
Bharani Padmanabhan
Bharanidharan Padmanabhan — Petitioner
Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Samuel Furgang — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent