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Docket for 07-394
No. 07-394
Vide 06-1666
Title:
Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army, et al., Petitioners
v.
Sandra K. Omar and Ahmed S. Omar, as Next Friends of Shawqi Ahmad Omar
Docketed:September 21, 2007
Linked with 07A117
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  Case Nos.:(06-5126)
  Decision Date:February 9, 2007
  Rehearing Denied:May 24, 2007
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 10 2007 Application (07A117) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 22, 2007 to September 21, 2007, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Aug 15 2007 Application (07A117) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 21, 2007.
Sep 21 2007 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2007)
Oct 12 2007 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 5, 2007.
Nov 5 2007 Brief of respondents Sandra K. Omar and Ahmed S. Omar, as Next Friends of Shawqi Ahmad Omar in opposition filed.
Nov 20 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 7, 2007.
Nov 20 2007 Reply of petitioner Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 7 2007 Petition GRANTED The case is consolidated with No. 06-1666 and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Dec 20 2007 The joint appendix and the consolidated brief on the merits of Geren, Sec. of Army, et al., is to be filed on or before January 22, 2008, and the briefs of amici curiae in support or in support of neither party are to be filed within 7 days after the consolidated brief of Geren, Sec. of Army, et al., is filed. The consolidated brief on the merits of Munaf, et al., and Omar, et al., is to be filed on or before February 21, 2008, and any amici curiae briefs in support are to be filed within 7 days after the brief on the merits of Munaf, et al., and Omar, et al., is filed. VIDED.
Jan 22 2008 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 25, 2008.
Jan 22 2008 Joint appendix filed. Statement of costs received. VIDED.
Jan 22 2008 Brief of the Federal Parties, Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army, et al., filed. VIDED.
Jan 25 2008 Record received from the U.S.C.A. for this D.C. Circuit. (1 box)
Jan 28 2008 CIRCULATED.
Jan 28 2008 Record from the U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia Circuit is electronically filed.
Feb 21 2008 Brief of respondents Habeas Petitioners filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2008 Brief amici curiae of M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Other International Law Professors filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2008 Brief amici curiae of Non-Governmental Organizations filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2008 Brief amici curiae of The Associated Press, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2008 Brief amicus curiae of National Institute of Military Justice filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2008 Brief amici curiae of Constitution Project and Rutherford Institute filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2008 Brief amici curiae of Professors of Constitutional Law, and of the Federal Courts filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2008 Brief amici curiae of Former U.S. Diplomats and National Security Specialists filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2008 Brief amici curiae of American Bar Association filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 29 2008 Letter from counsel for Munaf, et al., and Omar, et al., with copy of a recent decision of the Public Commission of the Iraqi Court of Cassation vacating Mohammad Munaf's conviction and sentence. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 17 2008 Reply of petitioners the Federal Parties, Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army, et al., filed. (Distributed) VIDED.
Mar 25 2008 Argued. For Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army, et al.: Gregory G. Garre, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For Munaf, et al. and Omar, et al.: Joseph Margulies, Chicago, Ill.
Jun 12 2008 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Souter, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg and Breyer, JJ., joined.
Jul 7 2008 Petition for Rehearing filed. VIDED.
Jul 24 2008 DISTRIBUTED.
Aug 18 2008 Rehearing DENIED.
Aug 18 2008 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 18 2008 Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Sep 2 2008 Acknowledgement of receipt (08/19/08) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit received.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Gregory G. Garre Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
Party name: the Federal Parties, Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army, et al.,
Attorneys for Respondents:
Joseph Margulies Northwestern University Law School(312) 503-0890
    Counsel of Record357 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL  60611
j-margulies@law.northwestern.edu
Party name: Sandra K. Omar and Ahmed S. Omar, as Next Friends of Shawqi Ahmad Omar
Other:
Daniel S. Floyd Gibson dunn & Crutcher LLP(213)-229-7000
333 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90071-3197
Party name: National Institute of Military Justice
 
John J. Gibbons Gibbons PC(973) 596-4500
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ  07102
jgibbons@gibbonslaw.com
Party name: Non-Governmental Organizations
 
Christopher T. Handman Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5719
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
chris.handman@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Constitution Project and Rutherford Institute
 
Harold Hongju Koh Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic(203) 432-1660
National Litigation Project
Yale Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT  06510
Party name: Former U.S. Diplomats and National Security Specialists
 
Daniel F Kolb Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP(212) 450-4000
450 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY  10017
daniel.kolb@davispolk.com
Party name: Professors of Constitutional Law, and of the Federal Courts
 
William H Neukom American Bar Association(312) 988-5000
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60610
Party name: American Bar Association
 
Paul M. Smith Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6000
1099 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 900
Washington, DC  20001
psmith@jenner.com
Party name: The Associated Press, et al.
 
Richard M. Zuckerman Dentons US LLP(212) 398-5213
1221 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY  10020
Party name: M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Other International Law Professors

 

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