Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/4/2022.

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DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.

Rescheduled.

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Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.

Rescheduled.

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Rescheduled.

Reply of petitioner Thomas H. Buffington filed. (Distributed)

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Brief of respondent Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Senators Tom Cotton, Marsha Blackburn, Kevin Cramer, and Ted Cruz filed.

Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Military-Veterans Advocacy, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Concerned Veterans for America Foundation filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 9, 2022.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 7, 2022 to March 9, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 7, 2022)

Application (21A113) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 3, 2022.

Application (21A113) to extend further the time from December 6, 2021 to January 3, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Application (21A113) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 6, 2021.

Application (21A113) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 4, 2021 to December 6, 2021, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Thomas H. Buffington, Petitioner, represented by Richard A. Samp

Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veteran Affairs, Respondent, represented by Elizabeth B. Prelogar

Cato Institute and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Ryan McCarthy

Concerned Veterans for America Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael David Pepson

Military-Veterans Advocacy, National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Paralyzed Veterans of America, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Vietnam Veterans of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Melanie Lynn Bostwick

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Raymond J. LaJeunesse Jr.

Senators Tom Cotton, Marsha Blackburn, Kevin Cramer, and Ted Cruz, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Hugh McGinley

States of Indiana, Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas M. Fisher