| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Mar 19 2002 | Application (A01-702) for a stay of execution pending the disposition |
| | of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice |
| | Stevens. |
| Mar 19 2002 | Petition for writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in |
| | forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 18, 2002) |
| Mar 28 2002 | Brief of respondent in opposition filed. |
| Mar 28 2002 | Response to application (A01-702) filed by Ricky Bell, Warden. |
| Apr 1 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner filed. |
| Apr 1 2002 | Supplemental brief of petitioner filed. |
| Apr 8 2002 | Application (A01-702) referred to the Court by Justice Stevens. |
| Apr 8 2002 | Application (A01-702) granted by the Court. |
| Apr 8 2002 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 12, 2002 |
| Apr 15 2002 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 19, 2002 |
| Apr 22 2002 | Petition GRANTED. limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the |
| | petition. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT November 6, 2002. |
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| May 16 2002 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's |
| | brief on the merits to and including June 27, 2002. |
| May 31 2002 | Order further extending time to file the joint appendix and |
| | petitioner's brief on the merits to and including July 10, 2002. |
| Jul 8 2002 | Consent to the filing of all amicus briefs in support of either |
| | party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Jul 10 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense |
| | Lawyers filed. |
| Jul 10 2002 | Brief amici curiae of Former Prosecutors James F. Neal, et al. filed. |
| Jul 10 2002 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Jul 10 2002 | Brief of petitioner Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman filed. |
| Jul 10 2002 | Motion of petitioner for appointment of counsel filed. |
| Jul 29 2002 | Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to |
| | and including September 12, 2002. |
| Aug 31 2002 | CIRCULATED. |
| Sep 11 2002 | Motion DISTRIBUTED. September 30, 2002 (Page 162) |
| Sep 12 2002 | Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. |
| Sep 12 2002 | Brief of respondent Ricky Bell, Warden filed. |
| Sep 12 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. |
| Sep 20 2002 | Record filed. |
| Sep 30 2002 | Record filed. |
| Oct 1 2002 | Motion of respondent and Alabama, as amicus curiae, for divided |
| | argument and for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus |
| | curiae filed. |
| Oct 7 2002 | Motion for appointment of counsel GRANTED and it is ordered that |
| | Thomas C. Goldstein, Esquire, of Washington, D.C., is appointed to |
| | serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. |
| Oct 8 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman filed. |
| Oct 21 2002 | Motion of respondent and Alabama, as amicus curiae, for divided |
| | argument and for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus |
| | curiae GRANTED. |
| Oct 24 2002 | The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing |
| | the following question: "Did the Sixth Circuit have jurisdiction |
| | to review the district court's order, dated November 27, 2001, |
| | transferring Petitioner's Rule 60(b) Motion to the Sixth Circuit |
| | pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1631? Does this Court have |
| | jurisdiction to review the Sixth Circuit's order, dated February |
| | 11, 2002, denying leave to file a second habeas corpus petition?" |
| | Briefs are to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing |
| | counsel on or before 3 p.m., Thursday, October 31, 2002. Twenty |
| | copies of the briefs prepared under Rule 33.2 may be filed |
| | initially in order to meet the October 31 filing date. Rule 29.2 |
| | does not apply. Forty copies of the briefs prepared under Rule |
| | 33.1 are to be filed as soon as possible thereafter. |
| Oct 31 2002 | Supplemental brief of respondent Ricky Bell, Warden filed. |
| Oct 31 2002 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman filed. |
| Nov 6 2002 | ARGUED. |
| Dec 10 2002 | Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. Opinion per |
| | curiam. |
| Jan 6 2003 | Petition for rehearing filed. |
| Jan 15 2003 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2003 |
| Feb 24 2003 | Rehearing DENIED. |
| Feb 24 2003 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Feb 28 2003 | Record returned to the USDC Middle Dist. Tennessee. |
| Mar 12 2003 | Record returned to the USCA 6th Circuit. |
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