No. 20-1650
 
Title: Carlos Concepcion, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed: May 26, 2021
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-2025)
   Decision Date: March 15, 2021
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 24 2021 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2021)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jun 21 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 25, 2021 to July 26, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jun 22 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 26, 2021.
Jul 19 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 26, 2021 to August 25, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 20 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 25, 2021.
Aug 25 2021 Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
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Sep 08 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
Sep 09 2021 Reply of petitioner Carlos Concepcion filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 30 2021 Petition GRANTED.
Oct 22 2021 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Carlos Concepcion.
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Nov 01 2021 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Nov 15 2021 Brief of petitioner Carlos Concepcion filed.
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Nov 17 2021 ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, January 19, 2022.
Nov 17 2021 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.
Nov 22 2021 Brief amici curiae of Drug Policy Alliance and The Law Enforcement Action Partnership filed.
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Nov 22 2021 Brief amici curiae of FAMM, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the National Association of Federal Defenders filed.
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Nov 22 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Nov 22 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Nov 22 2021 Brief amici curiae of The Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic; A New Way of Life Reentry Project filed.
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Nov 22 2021 Brief amici curiae of Dr. Karen Swanson, Dr. Byron R. Johnson, and Dr. Sung Joon Jang filed.
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Nov 22 2021 Brief amici curiae of Due Process Institute, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Massachusetts, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed.
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Nov 22 2021 Brief amicus curiae of American Conservative Union Foundation filed.
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Nov 22 2021 Brief amici curiae of The District of Columbia, et al., filed.
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Nov 22 2021 Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law Scholars filed.
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Dec 06 2021 The record from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Dec 06 2021 The record from the U.S.D.C. Dist. of Massachusetts is electronic and located on Pacer, the Sealed Appendix is filed electronically.
Dec 14 2021 CIRCULATED
Dec 15 2021 Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 07 2022 Reply of petitioner Carlos Concepcion filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 19 2022 Argued. For petitioner: Charles L. McCloud, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Matthew Guarnieri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 27 2022 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito and Barrett, JJ., joined.
Jul 29 2022 JUDGMENT ISSUED
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Charles Luther McCloud
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
725 12th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

lmccloud@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5586
Party name: Carlos Concepcion


Lisa S. Blatt
Williams & Connolly LLP
725 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

lblatt@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: Carlos Concepcion


Attorneys for Respondents
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Other Attorneys
Bradley N. Garcia
Counsel of Record
O'Melveny & Myers, LLP
1625 Eye St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20006

bgarcia@omm.com
Ph: 202-383-5160
Party name: Due Process Institute, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Massachusetts, and Southern Poverty Law Center


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

brianne@theusconstitution.org
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Vincent Gregory Levy
Counsel of Record
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017

vlevy@hsgllp.com
Ph: (646) 837-5151
Party name: Drug Policy Alliance and The Law Enforcement Action Partnership


John Mercer Masslon II
Counsel of Record
PO Box 2062
Arlington, VA 22202

john@johnmasslon.com
Ph: (703) 791-9483
Party name: American Conservative Union Foundation


Joshua Craig McDaniel
Counsel of Record
Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic
1585 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138

jmcdaniel@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 6179981593
Party name: Dr. Karen Swanson, Dr. Byron R. Johnson, and Dr. Sung Joon Jang


Michael David Pepson
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
1310 N. Courthouse Rd., Ste. 700
Arlington, VA 22201

mpepson@afphq.org
Ph: 5713294529
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation


Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

apincus@mayerbrown.com
Ph: 202-263-3220
Party name: FAMM, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the National Association of Federal Defenders


Dawinder Singh Sidhu
Counsel of Record
Hopwood & Singhal, PLLC
1701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

sidhu@hopwoodsinghal.com
Ph: 202-662-9559
Party name: Criminal Law Scholars


Caroline Sage Van Zile
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General for D.C.
Office of the Solicitor General
400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100
Washington, DC 20001

caroline.vanzile@dc.gov
Ph: (202) 724-6609
Party name: The District of Columbia, et al.,


Tiffany Regina Wright
Counsel of Record
Howard University School of Law Human and Civil Rights Clinic
2900 Van Ness Street NW
Washington, DC 20008

tiffany.wright@orrick.com
Ph: 202-643-7204
Party name: The Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic; A New Way of Life Reentry Project