No. 22-179
Title:United States, Petitioner
v.
Helaman Hansen
Docketed:August 29, 2022
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(17-10548)
   Decision Date:February 10, 2022
   Rehearing Denied:July 25, 2022
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Aug 25 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2022)
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Sep 14 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 28, 2022 to October 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Sep 16 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 28, 2022.
Sep 28 2022Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
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Oct 28 2022Brief of respondent Helaman Hansen in opposition filed.
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Nov 14 2022Reply of petitioner United States filed.
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Nov 15 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
Dec 05 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
Dec 09 2022Petition GRANTED.
Jan 18 2023Brief of petitioner United States filed.
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Jan 18 2023Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.)
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Jan 25 2023Brief amicus curiae of Pfizer Inc. in suppoprt of neither party filed.
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Jan 25 2023Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute (Feb. 2, 2023) filed.
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Jan 25 2023Brief amici curiae of State of Montana, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2023SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 27, 2023.
Feb 03 2023Record requested from the U.S.C.A. for the Ninth Circuit.
Feb 03 2023All records from the USCA-9th Circuit are available on PACER. Sealed records from the USDC-Eastern District of CA were transmitted electronically.
Feb 13 2023CIRCULATED
Feb 17 2023Brief of respondent Helaman Hansen filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 22 2023Brief amicus curiae of Eugene Volokh filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 23 2023Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Religious Organizations filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 24 2023Amicus brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Association of Federal Defenders not accepted for filing. (February 28, 2023)
Feb 24 2023Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. (Mar. 1, 2023) filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 24 2023Amici brief of The First Amendment Coalition Freedom of the Press Foundation, et al. not accepted for filing. (February 28, 2023--Corrected brief to be submitted).
Feb 24 2023Brief amici curiae of The First Amendment Coalition Freedom of the Press Foundation, et al filed (Mar. 10, 2023). (Distributed)
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Feb 24 2023Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Immigrants Rising, Defending Rights & Dissent and Woodhull Freedom Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 24 2023Brief amici curiae of The Rutherford Institute and The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 24 2023Brief amici curiae of City and County of San Francisco, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 24 2023Brief amicus curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice I AAJC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 24 2023Brief amici curiae of Immigration Representatives and Organizations filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 17 2023Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2023Argued. For petitioner: Brian H. Fletcher, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Esha Bhandari, New York, N. Y.
Jun 23 2023Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined.
Jul 25 2023Judgment issued.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
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
Attorneys for Respondent
Carolyn Mary Wiggin
    Counsel of Record
Office of the Federal Defender, E.D. Cal.
801 "I" Street
Third Floor
Sacamento, CA 95814

carolyn_wiggin@fd.org
(916) 498-5700
Party name: Helaman Hansen
Esha BhandariAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004

ebhandari@aclu.org
212-549-2500
Party name: Helaman Hansen
Other
Molly Alarcon
    Counsel of Record
Office of the San Francisco City Attorney
City Hall Room 234
One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102

MOLLY.ALARCON@SFCITYATTY.ORG
(415) 554-3894
Party name: City and County of San Francisco
Bruce David Brown
    Counsel of Record
Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press
1156 15th Street NW
Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005

BBROWN@RCFP.ORG
2027959300
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Erin Glenn Busby
    Counsel of Record
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705

EBUSBY@LAW.UTEXAS.EDU
7139660409
Party name: The Rutherford Institute and The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
David Allen Greene
    Counsel of Record
Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109-7701

DAVIDG@EFF.ORG
415-436-9333
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Immigrants Rising, Defending Rights & Dissent and Woodhull Freedom Foundation
Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier
    Counsel of Record
Ropes & Gray, LLP
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006-6807

DOUGLAS.HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER@ROPESGRAY.COM
202-508-4776
Party name: Pfizer Inc.
Matthew S. Hellman
    Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

MHELLMAN@JENNER.COM
202-639-6000
Party name: Religious Organizations
Lawrence J. Joseph
    Counsel of Record
Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 700-1A
Washington, DC 20036

LJOSEPH@LARRYJOSEPH.COM
2023559452
Party name: Immigration Reform Law Institute
Clark M. Neily III
    Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Mass. Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001

CNEILY@CATO.ORG
2024257499
Party name: Cato Institute
William Collins Perdue
    Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3743

WILLIAM.PERDUE@ARNOLDPORTER.COM
202.942.5685
Party name: Immigration Representatives and Organizations
Stephen Reese Sady
    Counsel of Record
Oregon Federal Public Defender's Office
101 S.W. Main Street
Suite 1700
Portland, OR 97204

steve_sady@fd.org
503-326-2123
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Association of Federal Defenders
Niyati Shah
    Counsel of Record
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC
1620 L Street NW, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20036

NSHAH@ADVANCINGJUSTICE-AAJC.ORG
2028151098
Party name: Asian Americans Advancing Justice I AAJC and 45 Community-Based, Advocacy, and Social Services Organizations
Peter Martin Torstensen Jr.
    Counsel of Record
Montana Attorney General's Office
215 North Sanders Street
Helena, MT 59601

PETER.TORSTENSEN@MT.GOV
406-444-2026
Party name: State of Montana
Penny M. Venetis
    Counsel of Record
Rutgers Const. Litigat. Clinic
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102

VENETIS@LAW.RUTGERS.EDU
9176173524
Party name: The First Amendment Coalition Freedom of the Press Foundation et al
Eugene Volokh
    Counsel of Record
UCLA School of Law
385 Charles E. Young Dr. E
Los Angeles, CA 90095

VOLOKH@LAW.UCLA.EDU
310-206-3926
Party name: Eugene Volokh
Linley Sarah Wilson
    Counsel of Record
Office of the Arizona Attorney General
2005 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004

linley.wilson@azag.gov
(602) 542-8584
Party name: Arizona, et al.