No. 10-680
Title:
Carol Howes, Warden, Petitioner
v.
Randall Lee Fields
Docketed:November 24, 2010
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(09-1215)
  Decision Date:August 20, 2010
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 18 2010 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2010)
Dec 15 2010 Brief of respondent Randall Lee Fields in opposition filed.
Dec 15 2010 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent .
Dec 29 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 14, 2011.
Dec 29 2010 Reply of petitioner Carol Howes, Warden filed. (Distributed)
Jan 10 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 14, 2011.
Jan 18 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 21, 2011.
Jan 24 2011 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
Jan 24 2011 Petition GRANTED.
Mar 1 2011 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 9, 2011.
Mar 1 2011 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 8, 2011.
Apr 15 2011 Further extension of time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including May 23, 2011.
May 11 2011 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Carol Howes, Warden.
May 23 2011 Brief of petitioner Carol Howes, Warden filed.
May 31 2011 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
May 31 2011 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
May 31 2011 Brief amici curiae of Ohio, et al. filed.
Jul 7 2011 Brief of respondent Randall Lee Fields filed.
Jul 12 2011 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jul 14 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Donovan E. Simpson filed.
Jul 19 2011 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, October 4, 2011.
Aug 2 2011 CIRCULATED.
Aug 8 2011 Reply of petitioner Carol Howes, Warden filed. (Distributed)
Aug 9 2011 Record from U.S.C.A. for 6th Circuit is electronic.
Aug 9 2011 Record from U.S.D.C. fo Eastern District of Michigan is electronic.
Aug 15 2011 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 4 2011 Argued. For petitioner: John J. Bursch, Solicitor General, Lansing, Mich.; and Ginger D. Anders, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Elizabeth L. Jacobs, Detroit, Mich.
Feb 21 2012 Judgment REVERSED. Alito, J. delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Breyer and Sotomayor, JJ., joined.
Mar 26 2012 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
John J. Bursch Michigan Solicitor General(517) 373-1124
    Counsel of Record Michigan Department of Attorney General
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI  48909
BurschJ@michigan.gov
Party name: Carol Howes, Warden
 
B. Eric Restuccia Deputy Solicitor General(517) 373-1124
Michigan Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI  48909
restucciae@michigan.gov
Party name: Carol Howes, Warden
Attorneys for Respondent:
Elizabeth L. Jacobs 615 Griswold (313) 962-4090
    Counsel of RecordSuite 1125
Detroit, MI  48226
elzjacobs@aol.com
Party name: Randall Lee Fields
Other:
Ginger D. Anders Assistant to the Solicitor General
Solicitor General's Office
Department of Justice
Washington,, DC  20530
Party name: Carol Howes, Warden v. Randall Lee Fields
 
Craig Goldblatt Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20006
craig.goldblatt@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Donovan E. Simpson
 
Alexandra T. Schimmer Solicitor General(614) 466-8980
Office of the Ohio Attorney General
30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor
Columbus, OH  43215-3428
alexandra.schimmer@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Party name: Ohio, et al.
 
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: the United States