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Docket for 04-1739
No. 04-1739
Title:
Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Petitioner
v.
Ronald Banks, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated
Docketed:June 27, 2005
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  Case Nos.:(03-1245)
  Decision Date:February 25, 2005
  Rehearing Denied:March 22, 2005
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 20 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 27, 2005)
Aug 4 2005 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 3rd Circuit.
Aug 10 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005.
Sep 1 2005 Response Requested . (Due October 3, 2005)
Sep 30 2005 Brief of respondent Ronald Banks in opposition filed.
Oct 12 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 28, 2005.
Oct 31 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 4, 2005.
Nov 7 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 10, 2005.
Nov 14 2005 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 13 2005 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including January 5, 2006.
Jan 5 2006 Brief amici curiae of Council of State Governments, et al. filed.
Jan 5 2006 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jan 5 2006 Joint appendix filed.
Jan 5 2006 Brief of petitioner Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections filed.
Jan 23 2006 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 27, 2006.
Feb 1 2006 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including February 16, 2006.
Feb 7 2006 CIRCULATED.
Feb 9 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. (Distributed)
Feb 15 2006 Record received from U.S.C.A,. 3rd Circuit. (1 envelope)
Feb 16 2006 Brief of respondent Ronald Banks filed. (Distributed)
Feb 16 2006 Brief amici curiae of Prison Legal News, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 16 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Lumumba Kenyatta Incumaa filed. (Distributed)
Feb 16 2006 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 21 2006 Record received from U.S.D.C. Western District of Pennsylvania. (1 envelope)
Feb 23 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Mar 6 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Mar 14 2006 Reply of petitioner Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections filed. (Distributed)
Mar 27 2006 Argued. For petitioner: Louis J. Rovelli, Executive Deputy Attorney General, Harrisburg, Penn.; and Jonathan L. Marcus, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for the United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Jere Krakoff, Pittsburgh, Penn.
Jun 28 2006 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J. announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kenendy and Souter, JJ, joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Scalia, J., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Alito, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Jul 31 2006 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 4 2006 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for Third Circuit.
Aug 4 2006 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Western District of Pennsylvania.
Aug 8 2006 Acknowledgement of receipt (08/02/06) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit received.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Louis J. Rovelli Executive Deputy Attorney General(717) 787-1100
    Counsel of Record Office of AG
15th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA  17120
Party name: Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
 
Calvin R. Koons Senior Deputy Attorney General(717) 783-6709
Appellate Litigation Section
15th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA  17120
ckoons@attorneygeneral.gov
Party name: Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Attorneys for Respondent:
Andrew Jay Shubin 215 East Beaver Avenue (814)-867-3115
    Counsel of RecordState College, PA  16801
Party name: Ronald Banks
 
Jere Krakoff 1705 Allegheny Building
Pittsburgh, PA  15219
Party name: Ronald Banks
Other:
Justin S. Antonipillai Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5000
555 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004
Party name: Lumumba Kenyatta Incumaa
 
Paul D. Clement Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
David C. Fathi National Prison Project(202) 393-4930
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
915 15th St., NW., 7th Fl.
Washington, DC  20005
dfathi@npp-aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
 
Jonathan L. Marcus Covington & Burling, LLP(202) 662-6000
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20004
jmarcus@cov.com
Party name: Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Ronald Banks
 
Anthony R. Picarello Jr. 3211 Fourth Street, N.E.(202) 541-3300
Washington, DC  20017
apicarello@usccb.org
Party name: Becket Fund for Religious liberty
 
Sanford Jay Rosen Rosen Bien & Galvan LLP(415) 433-6830
315 Montgomery Street
10th Floor
San Francisco, CA  94104-1823
SRosen@rbgg.com
Party name: Prison Legal News, et al.
 
Richard Ruda 108 Newlands St.(202) 365-1363
Chevy Chase, MD  20815
rmruda@hotmail.com
Party name: Council of State Governments, et al.

 

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