| 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 | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 24 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2021) |
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| 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 |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Charles Luther McCloud Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 lmccloud@wc.com | 202-434-5586 |
| Party name: Carlos Concepcion | ||
| Lisa Schiavo Blatt | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 lblatt@wc.com | 202-434-5050 |
| Party name: Carlos Concepcion | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Other | ||
| Bradley N. Garcia Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers, LLP 1625 Eye St., N.W. Washington, DC 20006 bgarcia@omm.com | 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 | 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 | (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 | (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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | 202-643-7204 |
| Party name: The Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic; A New Way of Life Reentry Project | ||