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Docket for 08-1402
No. 08-1402
Title:
Mary Berghuis, Warden, Petitioner
v.
Diapolis Smith
Docketed:May 15, 2009
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(06-1463)
  Decision Date:September 24, 2008
  Rehearing Denied:February 9, 2009
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 11 2009 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 15, 2009)
Jun 12 2009 Brief of respondent Diapolis Smith in opposition filed.
Jun 15 2009 Brief amici curiae of Connecticut, and Six Other States filed.
Jun 18 2009 Reply of petitioner Mary Berghuis, Warden filed.
Jun 24 2009 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2009.
Sep 30 2009 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 2 2009 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 20, 2010.
Nov 10 2009 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 17, 2009.
Nov 17 2009 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received)
Nov 17 2009 Brief of petitioner Mary Berghuis, Warden filed.
Nov 23 2009 CIRCULATED.
Nov 23 2009 Record received from the U.S.C.A. for Sixth Circuit. (1 box)
Nov 24 2009 Brief amici curiae of Connecticut, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 24 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Dec 14 2009 Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Diapolis Smith.
Dec 16 2009 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including December 18, 2009.
Dec 17 2009 Record for U.S.D.C. for Western District of Michigan is electronic.
Dec 18 2009 Brief of respondent Diapolis Smith filed. (Distributed)
Dec 18 2009 Record received from U.S.D.C. for Western District of Michigan (Southern Div)
Dec 23 2009 Brief amici curiae of Social Scientists, Statisticians, and Law Professors, Jeffrey Fagan, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 28 2009 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 28 2009 Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 28 2009 Brief amici curiae of Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 13 2010 Reply of petitioner Mary Berghuis, Warden filed. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2010 Argued. For petitioner: B. Eric Restuccia, Solicitor General, Lansing, Mich. For respondent: James Sterling Lawrence, Royal Oak, Mich.
Mar 30 2010 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion.
May 3 2010 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
May 27 2010 Record returned (1-box) to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
May 27 2010 Record returned (1-box) to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
B. Eric Restuccia Deputy Solicitor General(517) 373-1124
    Counsel of Record Michigan Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI  48909
restucciae@michigan.gov
Party name: Mary Berghuis, Warden
Attorneys for Respondent:
James Sterling Lawrence 828 West Eleven Mile Road(248) 399-6930
    Counsel of RecordRoyal Oak, MI  48067
ynot@earthlink.net
Party name: Diapolis Smith
Other:
Michael B. de Leeuw Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP(212) 859-8000
One New York Plaza
New York, NY  10004
Michael.deLeeuw@friedfrank.com
Party name: Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, et al.
 
Erik Levin New York University School of Law(212)-992-8149
245 Sullivan Street
New York, NV  10012
erikblevin@hotmail.com
Party name: Social Scientists, Statisticians, and Law Professors, Jeffrey Fagan, et al.
 
Michael Edward O'Hare Supervisory Assistant State's Attorney(860) 258-5887
Office of Chief State's Attorney
Civil Litigation Bureau
300 Corporate Place
Rocky Hill, CT  06067
Party name: Connecticut, et al.
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
Clifford M. Sloan Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP(202) 371-7000
1440 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cliff.sloan@skadden.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al.
 
Christina Swarns NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.(212) 965-2200
99 Hudson Street
Suite 1600
New York, NY  10013
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.

 

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