No. 04-9728
Title:
Donald Curtis Samson, Petitioner
v.
California
Docketed:April 20, 2005
Lower Ct:Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District
  Case Nos.:(A102394)
  Decision Date:October 14, 2004
Discretionary Court  
  Decision Date:January 12, 2005
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Apr 12 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2005)
May 18 2005 Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
Jun 1 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 16, 2005.
Jun 13 2005 Response Requested . (Due July 13, 2005)
Jul 7 2005 Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.
Jul 20 2005 Reply of petitioner Donald Curtis Samson filed. (Distributed)
Jul 21 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005.
Sep 27 2005 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Oct 14 2005 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including November 28, 2005.
Nov 23 2005 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Northern California filed.
Nov 28 2005 Brief amicus curiae of Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants filed.
Nov 28 2005 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Nov 28 2005 Brief amici curiae of California Public Defenders Association, et al. filed.
Nov 28 2005 Brief amici curiae of Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc., et al. filed.
Nov 28 2005 Joint appendix filed.
Nov 28 2005 Brief of petitioner filed.
Nov 30 2005 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 22, 2006.
Dec 18 2005 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including January 13, 2006.
Dec 20 2005 CIRCULATED.
Jan 11 2006 Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 12 2006 Brief amicus curiae of County of Los Angeles, CA filed. (Distributed)
Jan 13 2006 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Jan 13 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 13 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. (Distributed)
Jan 13 2006 Brief of respondent California filed. (Distributed)
Jan 13 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Los Angeles County District Attorney filed. (Distributed)
Jan 23 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Jan 23 2006 Record received from Appellate Court of California, First Appellate District. (1 box)
Feb 10 2006 Reply of petitioner Donald Curtis Samson filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2006 Argued. For petitioner: Robert A. Long, Jr., Washington, D.C. For respondent: Ronald E. Niver, San Francisco, Cal.; and Jonathan L. Marcus, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 19 2006 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Souter and Breyer, JJ., joined.
Jul 21 2006 MANDATE ISSUED.
Jul 21 2006 Record returned to Appellate Court of California, First Appellate District.
Aug 1 2006 Acknowledgement of receipt (07/25/06) of judgment from Clerk, Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, received.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Robert A. Long Jr. Covington & Burling LLP(202) 662-6000
    Counsel of Record1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
rlong@cov.com
Party name: Donald Curtis Samson
 
Martin Kassman 1032 Irving Street(415) 564-6732
PMB 704
San Francisco, CA  94122
Party name: Donald Curtis Samson
Attorneys for Respondent:
Ronald E. Niver Office of the Attorney General(415) 703-5859
    Counsel of Record455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA  94102
Party name: California
Other:
Phyllis C. Asayama Deputy District Attorney(213) 974-5916
Appellate Division
320 West Temple Street, Suite 540
Los Angeles, CA  90012
Party name: Los Angeles County District Attorney
 
Graham Boyd American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(831) 471-9000
1101 Pacific Avenue, Suite 333
Santa Cruz, CA  95060
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Northern California
 
Paul D. Clement Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: United States
 
Scott W. Davenport Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, LLP(949) 440-6690
19800 MacArthur Blvd.
Suite 600
Irvine, CA  92612
Party name: County of Los Angeles, CA
 
Howard G. Hopkirk Deputy Attorney General(717) 783-1478
Office of the Attorney General
15th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA  17120
Party name: Pennsylvania, et al.
 
James P. Manak 421 Ridgewood Avenue(630) 858-6392
Suite 100
Glen Ellyn, IL  60137-4900
lelp@xnet.com
Party name: Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc., et al.
 
Jonathan L. Marcus Covington & Burling, LLP(202) 662-6000
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20004
jmarcus@cov.com
Party name: Donald Curtis Samson v. California
 
Michael Conroy McMahon Hall of Justice, Suite 207(805) 447-7114
800 S. Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA  93009
Party name: California Public Defenders Association, et al.
 
Carter G. Phillips Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8270
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cphillips@sidley.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
Robert Weisberg Stanford Law School(650) 723-0612
Stanford Law School
Stanford University
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-8610
weisberg@law.stanford.edu
Party name: Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants