No. 17-6086
 
Title: Herman Avery Gundy, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed: September 22, 2017
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
   Case Numbers: (16-1829)
   Decision Date: June 22, 2017
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 20 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 23, 2017)
Sep 29 2017 Waiver of right of respondents United States to respond filed.
Oct 05 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2017.
Oct 17 2017 Response Requested. (Due November 16, 2017)
Nov 09 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 18, 2017.
Dec 18 2017 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Jan 04 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.
Jan 16 2018 Rescheduled.
Feb 05 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
Feb 20 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
Feb 26 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/2/2018.
Mar 05 2018 Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari is GRANTED limited to Question 4 presented by the petition.
Mar 13 2018 Motion for an extension of time filed.
Mar 14 2018 Motion to extend the briefing schedule on the merits is granted . The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 25, 2018. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 2, 2018.
May 24 2018 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute & Cause of Action Institute filed.
May 25 2018 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
May 25 2018 Brief of petitioner Herman Gundy filed.
May 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Federal Defenders filed.
May 30 2018 Brief amici curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute, Reason Foundation, Cascade Policy Institute filed.
May 31 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Jun 01 2018 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Jun 01 2018 Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
Jun 01 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Jun 01 2018 Brief amici curiae of Downsize DC Foundation, et al. filed.
Jun 01 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Jun 01 2018 Brief amici curiae of Scholars Whose Work Includes Sex Offense Studies filed.
Jun 01 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union filed.
Jun 01 2018 Brief amici curiae of William D. Araiza and 14 Other Constitutional, Criminal and Administrative Law Professors filed.
Jun 01 2018 Amicus brief of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty not accepted for filing. (A corrected brief has been submitted - June 1, 2018)
Jun 01 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
Jul 09 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT On Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Aug 02 2018 Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
Aug 03 2018 CIRCULATED
Aug 07 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.
Aug 08 2018 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit. The record is electronic.
Sep 04 2018 Reply of petitioner Herman Gundy filed. (Distributed)
Oct 02 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Sarah Baumgartel, New York, N. Y. For respondent: Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 20 2019 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, J., joined. Kavanaugh, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Jul 11 2019 Petition for Rehearing filed.
Jul 11 2019 DISTRIBUTED.
Aug 05 2019 Rescheduled.
Aug 07 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Oct 07 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
Oct 15 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
Oct 28 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
Nov 04 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
Nov 12 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
Nov 18 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
Nov 25 2019 Rehearing DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Nov 26 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Sarah Baumgartel
Counsel of Record
Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.
52 Duane Street
10th Floor
New York, NY 10007
sarah_baumgartel@fd.org
Ph: 212-417-8772
Party name: Herman Gundy


Attorneys for Respondents
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


Other Attorneys
Daniel Lamar Alban
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
dalban@ij.org
Ph: 7036829320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Anthony Thomas Caso
Constitutional Counsel Group
1628 N Main St. #289
Salinas, CA 93906
ATCASO@CCG1776.COM
Ph: 916-601-1916
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


David D. Cole
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
915 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
dcole@aclu.org
Ph: 212-549-2611
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union


Donna F. Coltharp
Fed. Pub. Def. for Western District of Texas
919 Congress Ave.
Suite 950
Austin, TX 78701
donna_coltharp@fd.org
Ph: 2103170386
Party name: The National Association of Federal Defenders


Donald Manwell Falk
Schaerr Jaffe LLP
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA 94111
dfalk@schaerr-jaffe.com
Ph: 415-562-4942
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


Todd F. Gaziano
Pacific Legal Foundation
3033 Wilson Bldv., Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22201
TGaziano@PacificLegal.org
Ph: (202) 888-6881
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Sheldon Gilbert
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
sheldongilbert@gmail.com
Ph: 7036829320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Sean Hecker
Kaplan Heckler & Fink LLP
350 Fifth Avenue Suite 7110
New York, NY 10118
shecker@kaplanhecker.com
Ph: (212) 763-0883
Party name: Scholars Whose Work Includes Sex Offense Studies


Sam Kazman
1310 L Street, N.W. 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
sam.kazman@cei.org
Ph: (202) 331-1010
Party name: Competitive Enterprise Institute, Reason Foundation, Cascade Policy Institute


Jonathan F. Mitchell
Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701
jonathan@mitchell.law
Ph: (512) 686-3940
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance


Eric Christopher Rassbach
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
ERASSBACH@BECKETLAW.ORG
Ph: 2029550095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017
ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org
Ph: 212599-7000
Party name: Cato institute, Cause of Action Institute


Andrew D. Silverman
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
ASILVERMAN@ORRICK.COM
Ph: 212-506-3727
Party name: William D. Araiza and 14 Other Constitutional, Criminal and Administrative Law Professors


Herbert William Titus
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave W Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
htitus@cox.net
Ph: 703-356-5070
Party name: Downsize DC Foundation, DownsizeDC.org, Free Speech Coalition, Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, Public Advocate of the United States, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of America, Conservative Legal De