UNITED STAT ES COURT OF AP P EALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

N O
. 06-2762
T HE A MER I C AN L EG I ON and N I CH O LA S R I B AUDO , P ET I T I O N ERS ,
V
. R. J A M ES N I C HOL S ON , S EC RE T A RY O F V ET ER A N S A FF A I RS , R ES PO NDE NT
.

Be fore GREENE, Chief Judge , and KASOL D, HAGE L , MOORMAN,

L ANCE, DAVI S, and SCHOEL EN, J ud ge s. O R D E R This matter has be en re fe rr ed to a f ull-Court panel. Ora l argument on the merits of the petition will be held on Dec ember 6, 2006, at 10: 00 a.m. Any interested a

micus curiae may

file a brief not late r than 10 da

y s after the date of

this order. See U. S. V ET
. A PP . R. 29.
Ad dit ion a lly , th e pe tit ion e rs , n ot l a te r t ha n 5 da y s a ft e r the date of thi s o rd e r, wi ll f ile wi th the Court and ser

ve a c opy on the re s p o n dent a memor andum of lawaddre ssing the third e lement of the a ssociational-standingtest–that "' neither the claim asser ted nor the relief

reque sted requir es th e part ici pat io n of ind iv id ual mem bers in th e la ws ui t. '" Disabled Am. Veterans v. Gobe r , 234 F.3d 6 8 2 , 6 8 9 (F ed

. C i r
. 2 0 0 0 ) ( qu o t i n g H u n t v

. W a s h

. S ta teA p p leA d v e r
. Co m m 'n , 432 U.S. 333, 343 (1977)) . Fur

ther, the me morandum of law shall addre ss how an d o n wh at b asis The Ame rica n L e g ion , o r a

ny ve te ra n' s se rv ic e or g anizatio n, ha s sta nd ing to pe tit ion the Court un de r t he Al l Wr its Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a) . The re spondent, not later than 5 da y s after the date of s ervic e of the pe tit ion e rs ' me mor and

um o f l aw, wi ll f

ile a me mor and

um o f l aw a dd

re ssi ngthe pe tit ion e rs ' arguments.
F ur the r, fi lin g s b y

Th e Am e ri c an L e g ion

wi ll b e c on str

ue d a s an amic us br ie f o n th e me ri ts i f t h e C o u rt d et er m i n es T h e A m er i ca nL egi o nd o es n o th av e s t an d i n g. Up on c on sid e ratio n o f t

he fo re g oin g , it

is
OR DERED that, not later tha n 10 day s after

the date of

this order, a

ny interested a

micus curia e may

file, and se rve on the parties, a brief. It is further2

ORDERED that, not later than 5 day s afte r the date of this order, the pe titioners file and ser ve on t h e re spondent a memora ndum of law, not to exceed 15 pa g es, addr essing the third eleme nt of the associational-standing test and whe ther the f act that this ca se involves a pe tition for ext raor dinary relief in the natu re o f a writ of mandamus under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C . § 1651(a) , has any bear ing on the issue of assoc iational standing . I t is further
ORDERED that, not later than 5 day s after service of the pe titioners' me morandum of law , the re sp on de nt fi le and se rv e on the pe tit ion e rs a re sp on se , not to exc e e d 1 5 p a g e s, to t he pe tit ion e rs ' memorandum of la

w addr ess i n g t h e p et i t i o n er s ' as s o ci at i o n al -s t an d i n g ar gu m en tan d whether the fa ct that this case involves a

petition for extraordinar

y relief in the nature of a writ of mandamus under the Al l Writs Ac t, 28 U .S. C. § 16 51 (a ), ha s any be ari ngon

the iss ue of

a sso c ia tio na l st and ing . I t is further ORDERED that, for pur poses of a ny filing or service made pursuant to this order , Rule 25 of the Court' s Rules of Practice and Proce dure is suspende d and all fi l i n gs an d service shall be acc omplished in person or by fac simil e.

DATED: November 14, 2006 PER C URI AM