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Docket for 10-98
No. 10-98
Title:
John D. Ashcroft, Petitioner
v.
Abdullah al-Kidd
Docketed:July 19, 2010
Linked with 09A1186
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(06-36059)
  Decision Date:September 4, 2009
  Rehearing Denied:March 18, 2010
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 4 2010 Application (09A1186) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 16, 2010 to July 16, 2010, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Jun 7 2010 Application (09A1186) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until July 16, 2010.
Jul 16 2010 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 18, 2010)
Jul 23 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Wesley MacNeil Oliver filed.
Jul 28 2010 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 17, 2010.
Aug 18 2010 Brief amici curiae of William P. Barr, et al. filed.
Sep 17 2010 Brief of respondent Abdullah al-Kidd in opposition filed.
Sep 29 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 15, 2010.
Sep 29 2010 Reply of petitioner John D. Ashcroft filed. (Distributed)
Oct 18 2010 Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Nov 3 2010 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 13, 2010.
Nov 3 2010 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 21, 2011.
Dec 13 2010 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Dec 13 2010 Brief of petitioner John D. Ashcroft filed.
Dec 13 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Wesley MacNeil Oliver filed.
Dec 20 2010 Brief amicus curiae of William P. Barr, et al. filed.
Dec 23 2010 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
Jan 3 2011 CIRCULATED.
Jan 21 2011 Brief of respondent Abdullah al-Kidd filed. Reprinted. (Distributed)
Jan 24 2011 Record received from U.S. Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit. (1 envelope)
Jan 24 2011 Record from U.S.D.C. for the District of Idaho is electronic.
Jan 28 2011 Brief amicus curiae of The Constitution Project filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2011 Brief amici curiae of Legal History and Criminal Procedure Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2011 Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Justice and Accountability filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Former Federal Prosecutors filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2011 Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Watch, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2011 Reply of petitioner John D. Ashcroft filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2011 Argued. For petitioner: Neal Kumar Katyal, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Lee Gelernt, New York, N. Y.
May 31 2011 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined as to Part I. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Breyer and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Ginsburg and Breyer, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., took no part in the cosideration or decision of the case.
Jul 5 2011 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Neal Kumar Katyal Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ
Party name: John D. Ashcroft
Attorneys for Respondent:
Lee Gelernt American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(212) 549-2616
    Counsel of Record125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY  10004
lgelernt@aclu.org
Party name: Abdullah al-Kidd
Other:
Stephanos Bibas University of Pennsylvania Law School(215) 746-2297
Supreme Court Clinic
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA  19104
sbibas@law.upenn.edu
Party name: Legal History and Criminal Procedure Law Professors
 
Jonathan C. Drimmer Steptoe & Johnson LLP(202) 429-6477
1330 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
jdrimmer@steptoe.com
Party name: Center for Justice and Accountability
 
Christopher T. Handman Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5719
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
chris.handman@hoganlovells.com
Party name: The Constitution Project
 
Aaron R. Marcu Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP(212) 284-4954
520 Madison Ave., 34th Fl.
New York, NY  10022-0000
aaron.marcu@freshfields.com
Party name: Former Federal Prosecutors
 
Wesley MacNeil Oliver Widener University School of Law(617) 909-9849
3800 Vartan Way
Harrisburg, PA  17106
wmoliver@widener.edu
Party name: Wesley MacNeil Oliver
 
Kevin K. Russell Goldstein & Russell, P.C.(202) 362-0636
5225 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC  20015
kr@goldsteinrussell.com
Party name: Legal Scholars
 
Richard A. Samp Washington Legal Foundation(202) 588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
rsamp@wlf.org
Party name: William P. Barr, et al.
 
Joseph F. Tringali Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP(212) 455-2000
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY  10017
jtringali@stblaw.com
Party name: Human Rights Watch and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

 

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