No. 12-414
Title:
Sherry L. Burt, Warden, Petitioner
v.
Vonlee Nicole Titlow
Docketed:October 4, 2012
Linked with 12A166
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(10-2488)
  Decision Date:May 22, 2012
  Rehearing Denied:August 2, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 15 2012 Application (12A166) for a stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Aug 22 2012 Response to application (12A166) requested by Justice Kagan, due Thursday, August 30, 2012, by 4 p.m. EDT.
Aug 29 2012 Response to application from respondent Vonlee Nicole Titlow filed.
Sep 7 2012 Application (12A166) denied by Justice Kagan.
Oct 2 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2012)
Oct 23 2012 Brief of respondent Vonlee Nicole Titlow in opposition filed.
Oct 23 2012 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Vonlee Nicole Titlow.
Nov 5 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2012.
Nov 5 2012 Brief amici curiae of Connecticut and 18 Other States filed. (Distributed)
Nov 9 2012 Reply of petitioner Sherry L. Burt, Warden filed. (Distributed)
Nov 16 2012 Record Requested .
Nov 21 2012 Record received from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Electronic and located on PACER.
Nov 23 2012 Record received from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (CD format).
Nov 28 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 4, 2013.
Jan 7 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 11, 2013.
Jan 14 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 18, 2013.
Feb 4 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 15, 2013.
Feb 19 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 22, 2013.
Feb 25 2013 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
Feb 25 2013 Petition GRANTED.
Mar 11 2013 Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent Vonlee Nicole Titlow.
Apr 4 2013 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 10, 2013.
Apr 10 2013 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 26, 2013.
Apr 29 2013 Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent GRANTED. Valerie Newman, of Detroit, Michigan, is appointed to serve as counsel for the respondent in this case.
Jun 10 2013 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Jun 10 2013 Brief of petitioner Sherry L. Burt, Warden filed.
Jun 17 2013 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jun 17 2013 Brief amici curiae of Connecticut and 34 Other States filed.
Jul 8 2013 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including July 17, 2013.
Jul 8 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jul 17 2013 Brief of respondent Vonlee Nicole Titlow filed.
Jul 17 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs from either party or neither party received from counsel for the respondent.
Jul 22 2013 CIRCULATED.
Jul 23 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jul 23 2013 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 8, 2013.
Jul 24 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Constitution Project filed. (Distributed)
Jul 24 2013 Brief amicus curiae of The Ethics Bureau at Yale filed. (Distributed)
Jul 24 2013 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
Jul 24 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2013 Proposal of counsel for petitioner to lodge copies of the official transcripts and opinion from Vonlee Titlow v. Frederick Toca, et al. (Oakland County Circuit Court No. 3-054451-CZ).
Aug 2 2013 Record from U.S.C.A. for 6th Circuit is electronic
Aug 13 2013 Opposition of respondent to petitioner's lodging proposal.
Aug 16 2013 Reply of petitioner Sherry L. Burt, Warden filed. (Distributed)
Aug 30 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 8 2013 Argued. For petitioner: John J. Bursch, Solicitor General, Lansing, Mich.; and Ann O'Connell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Valerie R. Newman, Assistant Defender, Detroit, Mich.
Oct 11 2013 Electronic record received from Court of Appeals of Michigan.
Nov 5 2013 Judgment REVERSED Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.
Dec 9 2013 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: Sherry L. Burt, Warden
Attorneys for Respondent:
Valerie Newman Assistant Defender(313) 256-9833
    Counsel of Record State Appellate Defender Office
Penobscot Bldg., Suite 3300
645 Griswold Street
Detroit, MI  48226
vnewman@sado.org
Party name: Vonlee Nicole Titlow
Other:
John F. Cooney Venable LLP(202) 344-8300
575 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004-1601
jfcooney@venable.com
Party name: Constitution Project
 
David John Debold Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202)-955-8551
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20036
ddeboldgibsondunn.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Lawrence J. Fox Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP(215) 988-2700
One Logan Square, Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA  19103
Lawrence.Fox@dbr.com
Party name: The Ethics Bureau at Yale
 
Daniel Meron Latham & Watkins LLP(202) 637-2218
555 11th Street, NW, Ste. 1000
Washington, DC  20004
daniel.meron@lw.com
Party name: Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law
 
Michael Joseph Proto Assisstant State's Attorney(860) 258-5887
Office of the Chief State's Attorney
Civil Litigation Bureau
300 Corporate Place
Rocky Hill, CT  06067
michael.proto@ct.gov
Party name: Connecticut and 34 Other States
 
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: United States