The story at the link doesn’t seem to support the headline. And it shows a level of ignorance as to judicial process. The Supreme Court doesn’t issue show cause orders to parties.
Yeah, kind of my first thought when I read the header as well. Butt, these crazy days, who knows?
You're right. What happened is the appellant filed a petition for certiorari, and the appellee (the city) filed a waiver of their right to respond. This is good practice, because filing a response to a petition for cert can pique the court's interest when the case is reviewed prior to going to conference, which may result in the petition being granted. As the appellee, you lose noting by doing this, because if the court is interested, they will direct you to file a response later. This is what happened here. It still doesn't mean that the petition will be granted, or that the appeal will be heard, but it does mean that there is some interest in it.
You're right. What happened is the appellant filed a petition for certiorari, and the appellee (the city) filed a waiver of their right to respond. This is good practice, because filing a response to a petition for cert can pique the court's interest when the case is reviewed prior to going to conference, which may result in the petition being granted. As the appellee, you lose noting by doing this, because if the court is interested, they will direct you to file a response later. This is what happened here. It still doesn't mean that the petition will be granted, or that the appeal will be heard, but it does mean that there is some interest in it.
Their response is due 20 May.