No. 06-1646
Title:
United States, Petitioner
v.
Gino Gonzaga Rodriquez
Docketed:June 11, 2007
Linked with 06A929
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(04-30397, 04-30494)
  Decision Date:October 5, 2006
  Rehearing Denied:January 12, 2007
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 29 2007 Application (06A929) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 12, 2007 to May 12, 2007, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Mar 29 2007 Application (06A929) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until May 12, 2007.
May 2 2007 Application (06A929) to extend further the time from May 12, 2007 to June 11, 2007, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
May 2 2007 Application (06A929) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until June 11, 2007.
Jun 11 2007 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 11, 2007)
Jul 5 2007 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 10, 2007.
Aug 10 2007 Brief of respondent Gino Gonzaga Rodriquez in opposition filed.
Aug 22 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2007.
Aug 22 2007 Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Sep 25 2007 Petition GRANTED. The brief of petitioner is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, November 5, 2007. The brief of respondent is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, December 3, 2007. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, December 28, 2007. Briefs of amici curiae are to be filed with the Clerk and served upon counsel for the parties on or before 2 p.m., 7 days after the brief for the party supported is filed, or if in support of neither party, within 7 days after the petitioner's brief is filed.
Nov 5 2007 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received.)
Nov 5 2007 Brief of petitioner United States filed.
Nov 16 2007 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 15, 2008.
Dec 3 2007 Record received from U.S.C.A. for the Ninth Circuit. (1 envelope) (U.S. District record is electronically filed. No hard copy).
Dec 3 2007 Brief of respondent Gino Gonzaga Rodriquez filed.
Dec 10 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Professors of Criminal Law filed.
Dec 10 2007 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Dec 12 2007 CIRCULATED.
Dec 14 2007 Application (07A471) to extend the time to file petitioner's reply brief on the merits from December 28, 2007 to January 4, 2008, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Dec 14 2007 Application (07A471) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file petitioner's reply brief on the merits until January 4, 2008.
Jan 4 2008 Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Jan 15 2008 Argued. For petitioner: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Charles A. Rothfeld, Washington, D.C.
May 19 2008 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens and Ginsburg, JJ., joined.
Jun 20 2008 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Paul D. Clement Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Kannon K. Shanmugam Assistant to the Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: United States
Attorneys for Respondent:
Andrew J. Pincus Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
    Counsel of Record1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006-1101
apincus@mayerbrown.com
Party name: Gino Gonzaga Rodriquez
 
Charles A. Rothfeld Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
    Counsel of Record1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006-1101
crothfeld@mayerbrown.com
Party name: Gino Gonzaga Rodriquez
Other:
Meir Feder Jones Day(212) 326-3939
222 East 41st Street
New York, NY  10017
mfeder@jonesday.com
Party name: Professors of Criminal Law
 
Jeffrey L. Fisher Stanford Law School, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic(650) 724-7081
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-8610
jlfisher@law.stanford.edu
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers