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Berk v. Choy

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
24-440	3rd Cir.	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	OT 2025

Issue: Whether a state law providing that a complaint must be dismissed unless it is accompanied by an expert affidavit may be applied in federal court.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/16/2024	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2024)
10/28/2024	Motion of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Middletown, LLC to extend the time to file a response from November 18, 2024 to December 18, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
10/30/2024	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 18, 2024, for all respondents.
11/18/2024	Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure Professors filed.
12/13/2024	Letter from counsel for petitioner submitted pursuant to Rule 12.6 filed.
12/17/2024	Waiver of right of respondent Beebe Medical Center to respond filed.
12/17/2024	Waiver of right of respondent Wilson C. Choy, MD to respond filed.
12/18/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
12/26/2024	Response Requested. (Due January 27, 2025)
01/27/2025	Brief of respondents Beebe Medical Center, et al. in opposition filed.
02/10/2025	Reply of petitioner Harold R. Berk filed. (Distributed)
02/12/2025	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
03/03/2025	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
03/10/2025	Petition GRANTED.
03/25/2025	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
03/27/2025	Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 27, 2025. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 30, 2025.