| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Oct 1 2002 |
Petition for writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 1, 2002) |
| Oct 9 2002 |
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed. |
| Oct 24 2002 |
Response Requested . (Due November 25, 2002) None received. |
| Nov 21 2002 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 26, 2002. |
| Dec 26 2002 |
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Jan 8 2003 |
Reply of petitioner Hernan O. Castro filed. |
| Jan 27 2003 |
Petition GRANTED. and the motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: Does this Court have jurisdiction to review the Eleventh Circuit's decision affirming the dismissal of a Sec. 2255 petition for a writ of habeas corpus as second or successive? |
| Feb 12 2003 |
Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Hernan O. Castro. |
| Mar 13 2003 |
Joint appendix filed. |
| Mar 13 2003 |
Brief of petitioner Hernan O. Castro filed. |
| Mar 13 2003 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Apr 10 2003 |
Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including May 28, 2003. |
| May 21 2003 |
Further extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including June 11, 2003. |
| Jun 11 2003 |
Brief of respondent United States filed. |
| Jul 1 2003 |
Application (03A24) to extend the time to file a petition for rehearing from July 11, 2003 to August 10, 2003, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
| Jul 7 2003 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT October 15, 2003. |
| Jul 9 2003 |
Application (03A24) the time for filing the reply brief on the merits is extended to and including July 16, 2003. |
| Jul 11 2003 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Jul 16 2003 |
Reply of petitioner Hernan O. Castro filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 6 2003 |
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2003. |
| Aug 6 2003 |
Record received from the U.S.C.A for the 11th Circuit. and U.S.D.C. for the Southern District of Georgia. (3 boxes and 1 folder). |
| Oct 6 2003 |
Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Michael G. Frick, Esquire, of Brunswick, Georgia is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. |
| Oct 15 2003 |
Argued. For Petitioner: Michael G. Frick. For Respondent: Dan Himmelfarb, Assistant to the Solicitor General. |
| Dec 15 2003 |
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined with respect to parts I and II. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. |
| Jan 16 2004 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Jan 28 2004 |
Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the 11th Circuit. ( U.S.D.C. record included) |