( June 30, 2026, 9:59 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court requested a response after a waiver of the right to respond by federal judicial branch officials and administrators sued in their official capacities in a workplace harassment and discrimination case to a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a former assistant federal public defender seeking a determination on the legality of the judiciary’s internal employment dispute resolution (EDR) plan for resolving discrimination and harassment claims and the plan’s compliance with legal protections....