Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. The Court does not have any cases pending with granted petitions. With regard to pending petitions, one new petition was filed asking the Court to consider whether a district court’s actions in substantially reducing the time to trial violated the petitioner’s right to due process. In that same case, a waiver of the right to respond was filed. Waivers of the right to respond were also filed in three other cases. Here are the details.
Granted Petitions
There are no pending cases at the Supreme Court that were decided by the Federal Circuit.
Pending Petitions
New Petition
Since our last update, a new petition was filed in D R Burton Healthcare, LLC v. Trudell Medical International Inc. The petition raises the following question:
- “Whether a district court’s order changing the time to trial in its case management order from at least 326 days to 146 days, and its time for completion of all discovery (including expert discovery) from 231 days to 108 days, constitutes a fair legal procedure under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment?”
Waivers of Right to Respond
Since our last update, four waivers of right to respond to petitions have been filed: