No. 20-5904
 
Title: Tarahrick Terry, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed: October 5, 2020
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
   Case Numbers: (20-10482)
   Decision Date: September 22, 2020
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 28 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2020)
Oct 28 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 4, 2020 to December 4, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 29 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 4, 2020.
Dec 04 2020 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. (Distributed)
Dec 07 2020 Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5. filed.
Dec 09 2020 Reply of petitioner Tarahrick Terry filed. (Distributed)
Dec 10 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Jan 08 2021 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Jan 28 2021 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Tarahrick Terry.
Jan 28 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Tarahrick Terry
Feb 12 2021 Brief of petitioner Tarahrick Terry filed.
Feb 19 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Feb 19 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
Feb 19 2021 Brief amici curiae of American Conservative Union & ACU Foundation, et al. filed.
Feb 19 2021 Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
Feb 19 2021 Brief amici curiae of Senators Richard J. Durbin, et al. filed.
Feb 19 2021 Brief amici curiae of Retired Federal Judges, Former Federal Prosecutors, et al. filed.
Feb 19 2021 Brief amici curiae of ACLU, et al. filed.
Feb 22 2021 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Mar 12 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
Mar 15 2021 Letter of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
Mar 15 2021 Letter of petitioner Tarahrick Terry filed. (Distributed)
Mar 15 2021 Record requested.
Mar 15 2021 The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Mar 17 2021 The record from the U.S.D.C. Southern Dist. of Florida is electronic and located on Pacer.
Mar 19 2021 The case is removed from the calendar for the March 2021 argument session. Adam K. Mortara, Esquire, of Chicago, Illinois, is invited to brief and argue, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below. The case will be rescheduled for argument this Term.
Mar 25 2021 The brief of the Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below, and any other briefs of amicus curiae in support, are to be filed on or before Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Any reply brief is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The case is set for oral argument on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.
Mar 25 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.
Mar 30 2021 CIRCULATED
Mar 31 2021 Motion for leave to file a brief out of time filed by respondent.
Mar 31 2021 Motion for divided argument filed by respondent in support of reversal.
Apr 05 2021 Motion of respondent for leave to file a brief out of time GRANTED.
Apr 05 2021 Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.
Apr 13 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed. (Distributed)
Apr 27 2021 Reply of petitioner Tarahrick Terry filed. (Distributed)
Apr 28 2021 Reply of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
May 04 2021 Argued. For petitioner: Andrew L. Adler, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. For respondent: Eric J. Feigin, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Adam K. Mortara, Chicago, Ill.
Jun 14 2021 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
Jul 16 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Andrew Lee Adler
Counsel of Record
Federal Public Defender's Office
One East Broward Blvd.
Suite 1100
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

ANDREW_ADLER@FD.ORG
Ph: 9543567436
Party name: Tarahrick Terry


Attorneys for Respondents
Brian H. Fletcher
Counsel of Record
Acting 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
Adam Karl Mortara
Counsel of Record
Lawfair LLC
40 Burton Hills Boulevard Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37215

mortara@lawfairllc.com
Ph: 773 750 7154
Party name: Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below


Loren L. AliKhan
D.C. Office of the Attorney General
Office of the Solicitor General 400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100
Washington, DC 20001

loren.alikhan@dc.gov
Ph: 202-727-6287
Party name: District of Columbia, on behalf of itself and 18 states


Gerard Justin Cedrone
Office of the Attorney General
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
One Ashburton Place, 20th Floor
Boston, MA 02108

gerard.cedrone@mass.gov
Ph: (617) 963-2282
Party name: Retired Federal Judges, Former Federal Prosecutors, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


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, The ACLU of Florida, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the R Street Institute


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Constitutional Accountability Center
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Michael David Pepson
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1000
Arlington, VA 22203

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


Zachary Charles Schauf
Jenner & Block, LLP
1099 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

ZSchauf@jenner.com
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: Senators Richard J. Durbin, Charles E. Grassley, Cory A. Booker, and Mike Lee


Joshua Christopher Toll
King & Spalding LLP
King & Spalding LLP 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

jtoll@kslaw.com
Ph: (202) 737-8616
Party name: American Conservative Union & ACU Foundation, Cato Institute, Lincoln Network, Rutherford Institute