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Docket for 11-5683
No. 11-5683
Title:
Edward Dorsey, Sr., Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed:August 5, 2011
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(10-3124)
  Decision Date:March 11, 2011
  Rehearing Denied:May 25, 2011
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 1 2011 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 6, 2011)
Aug 25 2011 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 6, 2011.
Oct 4 2011 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 7, 2011.
Oct 25 2011 Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
Oct 26 2011 Reply of petitioner Edward Dorsey, Sr. filed.
Nov 8 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 22, 2011.
Nov 28 2011 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 11-5721, Hill v. United States, is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Nov 29 2011 Miguel A. Estrada, Esquire, of Washington D.C., is invited to brief and argue these cases, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgments below. VIDED
Jan 5 2012 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including January 25, 2012. VIDED.
Jan 5 2012 The time to file the brief of the Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below is extended to and including March 8, 2012. VIDED.
Jan 25 2012 Brief of respondent United States supporting petitioners filed. VIDED.
Jan 25 2012 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Jan 25 2012 Brief of petitioner Edward Dorsey, Sr. filed.
Jan 30 2012 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 1 2012 Brief amici curiae of Former United States District Court Judges Paul G. Cassell and Nancy Gertner filed. VIDED.
Feb 1 2012 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 1 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law filed. VIDED.
Feb 3 2012 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
Feb 10 2012 Motion for divided argument filed by petitioners. VIDED.
Feb 15 2012 Motion for divided argument filed by respondent United States. VIDED.
Feb 16 2012 Response of petitioners to motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument. VIDED.
Feb 17 2012 CIRCULATED.
Feb 17 2012 Record from U.S.D.C. for Seventh Circuit is electronic.
Feb 17 2012 Record from U.S.D.C. for Eastern District of Wisconsin is electronic
Feb 27 2012 Motion of petitioners for divided argument DENIED. VIDED.
Feb 27 2012 Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED. VIDED.
Mar 8 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgments below filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Apr 6 2012 Reply of petitioner Edward Dorsey, Sr. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 9 2012 Reply of respondent United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Apr 17 2012 Argued. For petitioners: Stephen E. Eberhardt, Tinley Park, Ill. For respondent in support of petitioner: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For amicus curiae: Miguel A. Estrada, Washington, D. C. (Appointed by this Court.)
Jun 21 2012 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. VIDED
Jul 23 2012 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Daniel T. Hansmeier Staff Attorney(217) 492-5070
    Counsel of Record600 E. Adams Street, 2nd Floor
Springfield, IL  62701
daniel_hansmeier@fd.org
Party name: Edward Dorsey, Sr.
Attorneys for Respondent:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Michael R. Dreeben Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2201
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
michael.r.dreeben@usdoj.gov
Party name: United States
Other:
Stephen E. Eberhardt 16710 Oak Park Avenue(708) 633-9100
Tinley Park, IL  60477
s-eberhardt@sbcglobal.net
Party name: Corey A. Hill
 
Miguel A. Estrada Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202) 955-8500
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
mestrada@gibsondunn.com
Party name: Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgments below
 
Nancy Gertner Harvard Law School, Griswold 301(617) 496-4099
1525 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA  02138
ngertner@law.harvard.edu
Party name: Former United States District Court Judges Paul G. Cassell and Nancy Gertner
 
Jeffrey T. Green Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8000
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
jgreen@sidley.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al.
 
Alexandra A.E. Shapiro Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP(212) 479-6724
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 45th Floor
New York, NY  10036
ashapiro@shapiroarato.com
Party name: Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law
 
Steven R. Shapiro American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(212) 549-2500
125 Broad Street
New York, NY  10004
sshapiro@aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.

 

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