| No. 14-9496 | |
| Title: | Elijah Manuel, Petitioner v. City of Joliet, Illinois, et al. |
| Docketed: | April 27, 2015 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (14-1581) |
| Decision Date: | January 28, 2015 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Apr 27 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 27, 2015) |
| May 20 2015 | Waiver of right of respondents City of Joliet, Illinois, et al. to respond filed. |
| Jun 10 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 25, 2015. |
| Jun 17 2015 | Response Requested.(Due July 17, 2015) |
| Oct 20 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 4, 2015. |
| Nov 12 2015 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 4, 2015. |
| Dec 04 2015 | Brief of respondents City of Joliet, Illinois, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Dec 14 2015 | Reply of petitioner Elijah Manuel filed. |
| Dec 23 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
| Jan 11 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 15, 2016. |
| Jan 15 2016 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. |
| Feb 01 2016 | Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Elijah Manuel. |
| Feb 17 2016 | Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016. |
| Feb 26 2016 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 2, 2016. |
| Feb 26 2016 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 3, 2016. |
| Mar 07 2016 | Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED and Stanley B. Eisenhammer, Esquire, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. |
| Apr 12 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Apr 15 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the respondents. |
| May 02 2016 | Joint appendix filed. |
| May 02 2016 | Brief of petitioner Elijah Manuel filed. |
| May 09 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Albert W. Alschuler filed. |
| May 09 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| May 09 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of The National Police Accountability Project filed. |
| May 09 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of The Innocence Network filed. |
| May 09 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association for Public Defense filed. |
| May 09 2016 | Brief amici curiae of U.S. Justice Foundation, et al. filed. |
| May 09 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Jul 13 2016 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. |
| Jul 22 2016 | Record requested from U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit. |
| Jul 22 2016 | Record from U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Aug 03 2016 | Brief of respondents City of Joliet, Illinois, et al. filed. |
| Aug 09 2016 | CIRCULATED |
| Aug 10 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Aug 10 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorney's Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 10 2016 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Counties, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 10 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 10 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 10 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Sheldon H. Nahmod filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 02 2016 | Reply of petitioner Elijah Manuel filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 26 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 05 2016 | Argued. For petitioner: Stanley B. Eisenhammer, Arlington Heights, Ill. (Appointed by this Court); and Ilana H. Eisenstein, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Michael A. Scodro, Chicago, Ill. |
| Mar 21 2017 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. |
| Apr 24 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Apr 24 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Stanley Bert Eisenhammer Counsel of Record | 3030 Salt Creek Lane, Suite 202 Arlington Heights, IL 60005 seisenhammer@hlerk.com | 8476709000 |
| Party name: Elijah Manuel | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Michael A. Scodro Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 71 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 mscodro@mayerbrown.com | (312) 701-8886 |
| Party name: City of Joliet, Illinois, et al. | ||
| Martin Shanahan Jr. | City of Joliet, Office of the Corporation Counsel Legal Department, 150 W. Jefferson St. Joliet, IL 60432-4158 | (815) 724-3800 |
| Party name: City of Joliet, Illinois, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Albert Alschuler | 220 Tuttle Road Cumberland, ME 04021 a-alschuler@law.northwestern.edu | (207) 829-3963 |
| Party name: Albert W. Alschuler | ||
| Tillman J. Breckenridge | Bailey & Glasser LLP 1054 31st Street NW Suite 230 Washington, DC 20007 tbreckenridge@baileyglasser.com | (202) 463-2101 |
| Party name: DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar | ||
| Ilana Hope Eisenstein | 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20530 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-307-3933 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann | Neufeld Scheck & Brustin LLP 99 Hudson Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10013 anna@nsbcivilrights.com | (212)965-9081 |
| Party name: The National Police Accountability Project | ||
| Peter D. Isakoff | Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 1300 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Peter.Isakoff@weil.com | (202) 682-7000 |
| Party name: The Innocence Network | ||
| Joshua Stephen Johnson | Vinson & Elkins LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 500 West Washington, DC 20037 joshjohnson@velaw.com | (202) 639-6500 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Brian J. Murray | Jones Day 77 West Wacker Chicago, IL 60601 bjmurray@jonesday.com | (312) 782-3939 |
| Party name: National District Attorney's Association | ||
| Sheldon H. Nahmod | IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law 565 West Adams Street Room 847 Chicago, IL 60661 snahmod @ kentlaw.edu | (312) 906-5261 |
| Party name: Sheldon | ||
| Timothy P. O'Toole | Miller & Chevalier Chartered 900 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 totoole@milchev.com | (202) 626-5800 |
| Party name: National Association for Public Defense | ||
| Lawrence Rosenthal | Chapman University Fowler School of Law One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 rosentha@chapman.edu | (714) 628-2650 |
| Party name: National Association of Counties, et al. | ||
| Carolyn E. Shapiro | Solicitor General 100 West Randolph Street 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 cshapiro@atg.state.il.us | (312) 814-5376 |
| Party name: Illinois, et al. | ||
| Herbert W. Titus | William J. Olson, PC 370 Maple Avenue West Suite 4 Vienna, VA 22180 - 5615 wjo@mindspring.com | (703) 356-5070 |
| Party name: U.S. Justice Foundation, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | (202) 514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||