| No. 20-7622 |
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| Title: |
Merle Denezpi, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docketed: | March 31, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-1213) |
| Decision Date: | October 28, 2020 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Mar 26 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2021) Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Apr 05 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed. Main Document |
| Apr 08 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021. |
| Apr 19 2021 | Response Requested. (Due May 19, 2021) |
| May 12 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 19, 2021 to June 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. Main Document |
| May 13 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 18, 2021. |
| Jun 15 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 18, 2021 to July 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. Main Document |
| Jun 16 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 19, 2021. |
| Jul 19 2021 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Aug 05 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021. |
| Oct 04 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021. |
| Oct 12 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021. |
| Oct 18 2021 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. |
| Nov 18 2021 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. Main Document |
| Nov 18 2021 | Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 7, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 11, 2022. |
| Dec 07 2021 | Brief of petitioner Merle Denezpi filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 07 2021 | Joint appendix filed (statement of cost filed.) Main Document Proof of Service |
| Dec 14 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 17 2021 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, February 22, 2022. |
| Dec 21 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 10th Circuit. |
| Jan 11 2022 | Brief of respondent United States filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count |
| Jan 18 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of National Indigenous Women's Resource Center and the National Congress of American Indians filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Former United States Attorneys John C. Anderson, et al. filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Federal Indian Law Scholars and Historians filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of States of Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, and Utah filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 09 2022 | Reply of petitioner Merle Denezpi filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 22 2022 | Argued. For petitioner: Michael B. Kimberly, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Erica L. Ross, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Feb 23 2022 | Letter of the Solicitor General correcting a statement made by counsel for the government at oral argument filed. (Distributed) Main Document |
| Jun 13 2022 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., joined as to Parts I and III. |
| Jul 15 2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |