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Docket for 08-6
No. 08-6
Title:
District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al., Petitioners
v.
William G. Osborne
Docketed:July 1, 2008
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(06-35875)
  Decision Date:April 2, 2008
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 5 2008 Additional record received from U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Jun 27 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2008)
Jul 10 2008 Waiver of right of respondent William G. Osborne to respond filed.
Jul 23 2008 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2008.
Jul 25 2008 Response Requested . (Due August 25, 2008)
Aug 7 2008 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 24, 2008.
Sep 24 2008 Brief of respondent William G. Osborne in opposition filed.
Oct 8 2008 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2008.
Oct 17 2008 Reply of petitioners District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 3 2008 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 25 2008 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including December 24, 2008.
Dec 8 2008 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 2, 2009
Dec 19 2008 Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the Ninth Circuit.
Dec 22 2008 Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the District of Alaska. (1 box)
Dec 23 2008 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Dec 24 2008 Joint appendix filed. Statement of costs received.
Dec 24 2008 Brief of petitioners District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District and Adrienne Bachman, District Attorney filed.
Dec 24 2008 Brief amici curiae of K.G. and The National Crime Victim Law Institute filed.
Dec 29 2008 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either or neither party received from counsel for the petitioners.
Dec 29 2008 Brief amicus curiae of City of New York filed.
Dec 31 2008 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Dec 31 2008 Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed.
Dec 31 2008 Brief amici curiae of Council of State Governments, et al. filed.
Jan 7 2009 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 26, 2009
Jan 9 2009 CIRCULATED.
Jan 9 2009 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jan 26 2009 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Jan 26 2009 Brief of respondent William G. Osborne filed. (Distributed)
Jan 30 2009 Record request to C.A. 9th Circuit for No. 04-35126.
Feb 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Jeanette Popp, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Prosecutors filed. (Distributed)
Feb 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Individuals Exonerated by Post-Conviction DNA Testing filed. (Distributed)
Feb 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Eleven Individuals Who Have Received Clemency Through DNA Testing filed. (Distributed)
Feb 23 2009 Reply of petitioner District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2009 Argued. For petitioners: Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, Alaska; and Neal K. Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Peter Neufeld, New York, N.Y.
Jun 18 2009 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to Part II. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg and Breyer, JJ., joined, and in which Souter, J., joined as to Part I. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 20 2009 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 3 2009 Record returned to U.S.D.C. of Alaska.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Kenneth M. Rosenstein Office of Special Prosecutions & Appeals(907) 269-6250
    Counsel of Record310 K Street, Suite 308
Anchorage, AK  99501
ken.rosenstein@alaska.gov
Party name: District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent:
Peter J. Neufeld Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law(212)-364-5391
    Counsel of Record100 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY  10011
Party name: William G. Osborne
 
Robert C. Bundy Dorsey & Whitney LLP(907) 276-4557
1031 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 600
Anchorage, AK  99501-5907
Party name: William G. Osborne
Other:
Donald B. Ayer Jones Day(202) 879-3939
51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001-2113
dbayer@jonesday.com
Party name: Current and Former Prosecutors
 
Paul G. Cassell Professor(801) 201-8271
Appellate Legal Clinic
S.J. Quinney College of Law University of Utah
332 S. 1400 E., Rm. 101
Salt Lake City, UT  84112-0730
cassellp@law.utah.edu
Party name: K.G. and The National Crime Victim Law Institute
 
John Michael Chamberlain Deputy Attorney General(415) 703-1234
455 Golden Gate Avenue Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA  94102-11000
michael.chamberlain@doj.ca.gov
Party name: California, et al.
 
Paul A. Engelmayer Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, LLP(212) 230-8800
399 Park Ave.
New York, NY  10022
paul.engelmayer@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Individuals Exonerated by Post-Conviction DNA Testing
 
Jeffrey L. Fisher Stanford Law School, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic(650) 724-7081
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-8610
jlfisher@law.stanford.edu
Party name: Eleven Individuals Who Have Received Clemency Throught DNA Testing
 
Irving L. Gornstein O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5300
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
 
Elena Kagan Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Neal Kumar Katyal Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. William G. Osborne
 
Leonard J. Koerner New York City Law Department(212) 356-2500
100 Church Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY  10007
lkoerner@law.nyc.gov
Party name: City of New York
 
Richard Ruda 108 Newlands St.(202) 365-1363
Chevy Chase, MD  20815
rmruda@hotmail.com
Party name: Council of State Governments, et al. Council of State Governments, et al.
 
Kenneth W. Starr Kirkland & Ellis LLP(213) 680-8400
777 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA  90017
ken.starr@pepperdine.edu
Party name: Jeanette Popp, et al.

 

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