| No. 24-820 Vide 24-860 |
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| Title: |
Daniel Rutherford, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docketed: | February 3, 2025 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (23-1904) |
| Decision Date: | November 1, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Jan 30 2025 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 5, 2025) Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 21 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) filed. Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Feb 26 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2025 to April 4, 2025, submitted to The Clerk. Main Document |
| Feb 27 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 4, 2025. |
| Feb 28 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Clinical Law Professors filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Mar 05 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Corrections Officials filed. Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Mar 05 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Apr 02 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 4, 2025 to May 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk. Main Document |
| Apr 03 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 5, 2025. |
| May 05 2025 | Brief for the United states filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| May 12 2025 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner. Main Document Proof of Service |
| May 13 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025. |
| May 13 2025 | Reply of petitioner Daniel Rutherford filed. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Jun 02 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025. |
| Jun 06 2025 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 24-860 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| Jun 06 2025 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-820. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-820. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Jun 20 2025 | Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits in No. 24-820 and No. 24-860 filed (also as to No. 24-556). VIDED. Main Document |
| Jun 30 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits as to No. 24-820 and No. 24-860 granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including August 8, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 25, 2025. VIDED. |
| Jul 07 2025 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner (as to 24-820). Main Document Proof of Service |
| Jul 08 2025 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner (as to 24-860). Main Document Proof of Service |
| Aug 08 2025 | Brief of petitioner Daniel Rutherford filed (as to 24-820). Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 08 2025 | Brief of petitioner Johnnie Markel Carter filed (as to 24-860). Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 12 2025 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. VIDED. |
| Aug 14 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Corrections Officials filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Senator Cory Booker, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Commissioners of the United States Sentencing Commission in support of neither party filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Clinical Law Professors filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed (as to 24-820). Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Douglas Berman filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Council of Defense Lawyers (NYCDL) filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Fortune Society filed (as to 24-860). Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Aug 18 2025 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Daniel Rutherford GRANTED. |
| Aug 18 2025 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Johnnie Markel Carter GRANTED. |
| Aug 21 2025 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. |