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Docket for 02-5664
No. 02-5664 Status: DECIDED
Title: Charles Thomas Sell, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed:          Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
August 7, 2002 (01-1862)

~~Date~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 2 2002Petition for writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in
forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 7, 2002)
Aug 19 2002Brief amicus curiae of Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics filed.
Aug 20 2002 Order extending time to file response to petition until October 7,
2002.
Sep 3 2002Brief amicus curiae of National Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers
filed.
Oct 4 2002Brief amici curiae of Association of American Physicians & Surgeons,
et al. filed.
Oct 7 2002Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Oct 7 2002Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern
Missouri filed.
Oct 7 2002 Motion of Law Office of Julie Ruiz-Sierra for leave to file a
brief as amicus curiae filed.
Oct 17 2002 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 1, 2002
Nov 4 2002 REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 8, 2002
Nov 4 2002 Petition GRANTED. The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in
forma pauperis is granted. The motion of Law Office of Julie Ruiz-
Sierra for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is denied. The
petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the
following question: Whether the Court of Appeals erred in
rejecting petitioner's argument that allowing the government to
administer antipsychotic medication against his will solely to
render him competent to stand trial for non-violent offenses would
violate his rights under the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments.
SET FOR ARGUMENT March 3, 2003.
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Nov 21 2002 Motion of petitioner for appointment of counsel filed.
Dec 9 2002 Motion DISTRIBUTED. December 13, 2002 (page 16)
Dec 16 2002 Motion for appointment of counsel GRANTED and it is ordered that
Barry A. Short, Esquire, of St. Louis, Missouri is appointed to
serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.
Dec 17 2002Joint appendix filed.
Dec 17 2002Brief of petitioner Charles T. Sell filed.
Dec 19 2002Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers filed.
Dec 19 2002Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern
Missouri filed.
Dec 19 2002Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed.
Dec 19 2002Brief amicus curiae of Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics filed.
Dec 19 2002 Motion of Drug Policy Alliance for leave to file a brief as amicus
curiae filed.
Dec 19 2002 Motion of American Psychological Association, et al. for leave to
file a brief as amici curiae filed.
Dec 19 2002Brief amicus curiae of NY State Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers filed.
Jan 13 2003 Motion of Drug Policy Alliance for leave to file a brief as amicus
curiae GRANTED.
Jan 13 2003 Motion of American Psychological Association, et al. for leave to
file a brief as amici curiae GRANTED.
Jan 22 2003 Record filed.
Jan 22 2003Brief of respondent United States filed.
Jan 22 2003 Motion of American Psychiatric Association, et al. for leave to
file a brief as amici curiae filed.
Jan 23 2003 CIRCULATED.
Feb 21 2003Reply brief of petitioner Charles T. Sell filed.
Feb 24 2003 Motion of American Psychiatric Association, et al. for leave to
file a brief as amici curiae GRANTED.
Feb 28 2003
Counsel should be prepared to discuss the jurisdiction of this
Court and of the Court of Appeals in this case, see Cohen v.
Beneficial Industrial Loan, Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949), and are
directed to file with the Clerk, and serve upon opposing counsel,
supplemental briefs on the issue on or before 3 p.m., Friday,
March 7, 2003. Twenty copies of the briefs prepared under this
Court's Rule33.2 may be filed initially in order to meet the March
7 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.
Mar 3 2003 ARGUED.
Mar 4 2003 Motion of United States for leave to exceed the supplemental brief
page limitation filed.
Mar 4 2003Supplemental brief of respondent United States filed.
Mar 7 2003Supplemental brief of petitioner (TBP) filed.
Mar 7 2003 Motion of petitioner to exceed the supplemental brief page
limitation filed.
Mar 7 2003 Motion of United States for leave to exceed the supplemental brief
page limitation GRANTED.
Mar 24 2003 Motion of petitioner to exceed the supplemental brief page
limitation GRANTED.
Jun 16 2003 Adjudged to be VACATED and REMANDED Breyer, J., delivered the
opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens,
Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a
dissenting opinion, in which O'Connor and Thomas, JJ., joined.
 


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Barry A. Short 500 N. Broadway 3144447600
Suite 2000
St. Louis, MO 63102
Party name: Charles T. Sell
 
Attorneys for Respondent:
Solicitor General U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
Party name: United States
 
Other Attorneys:
Burton H. Shostak 8015 Forsyth Blvd. 3147253200
St. Louis, MO 63105
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Peter A. Joy Washington University Law Sch.3149356445
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri
 
Karen Tripp 2245 Shakespeare Road 7136589323
Houston, TX 77030
Party name: Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, et al.
 
Julie Ruiz-Sierra P.O. Box 73381 5306665337
Davis, CA 95617
Party name: Law Office of Julie Ruiz-Sierra
 
Joshua L. Dratel Law Office of Joshua Dratel 2127320707
14 Wall Street, 28th FL
New York, NY 10005
Party name: New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Steven H. Aden Rutherford Institute 4349783888
112 Whitewood Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Party name: Rutherford Institute
 
Richard Glen Boire Court and Cedar Building 5307507912
231 G Street, #7
Davis, CA 95616
Party name: Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics
 
David T. Goldberg 99 Hudson Street 2123348813
8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Party name: Drug Policy Alliance
 
David W. Ogden Wilmer Cutler & Pickering 2026636000
2445 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Party name: American Psychological Association, et al.
 
Richard G. Taranto Farr & Taranto 2027750184
1220 19th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Party name: American Psychiatric Association, et al.
 
 

 

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