No. 03-167
Title:
United States, Petitioner
v.
Carlos Dominguez Benitez
Docketed:August 4, 2003
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(00-50181)
  Decision Date:November 25, 2002
  Rehearing Denied:May 6, 2003
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 4 2003 Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 3, 2003)
Aug 11 2003 Waiver of right of respondent Carlos Dominguez Benitez to respond filed.
Aug 27 2003 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2003.
Sep 4 2003 Response Requested . (Due October 6, 2003)
Sep 30 2003 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 4, 2003.
Nov 3 2003 Response to petition from respondent Carlos Dominguez Benitez filed.
Nov 18 2003 Reply of petitioner United States filed.
Nov 19 2003 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2003.
Dec 8 2003 Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Jan 7 2004 Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent.
Jan 9 2004 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including January 29, 2004.
Jan 21 2004 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2004.
Jan 29 2004 Joint appendix filed.
Jan 29 2004 Brief of petitioner United States filed.
Feb 19 2004 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including March 11, 2004.
Feb 23 2004 Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent GRANTED. Myra D. Mossman, Esq., of Santa Barbara, California is appointed to serve as counsel for the respondent in this case.
Mar 2 2004 SET FOR ARGUMENT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2004.
Mar 11 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Arnaldo Vicente Infante-Cabrera filed.
Mar 11 2004 Brief of respondent Carlos Dominguez Benitez filed.
Mar 16 2004 Record received from U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit and U.S.D.C. Central District of California. (1 box)
Mar 23 2004 CIRCULATED.
Apr 13 2004 Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Apr 21 2004 Argued. For petitioner: Dan Himmelfarb, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Myra D. Mossman, Santa Barbara, Cal. (Appointed by this Court.)
Jun 14 2004 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.
Jul 16 2004 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 3 2004 Acknowledgment of receipt (07/22/04) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit received.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Theodore B. Olson Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
Attorneys for Respondent:
Myra D Mossman Myra D. Mossman, J.D., L.L.B(805) 963-9595
    Counsel of Record1216 Santa Barbara Street, No. 4
Santa Barbara, CA  93101
Party name: Carlos Dominguez Benitez
Other:
Stevan A. Buys Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP(713) 787-1400
750 Bering Drive
Houston, TX  77057-2198
Party name: Arnaldo Vincente Infante-Cabrera