No. 08-108
Title:
Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed:July 25, 2008
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(07-2871)
  Decision Date:April 23, 2008
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jul 22 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 25, 2008)
Aug 19 2008 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 24, 2008.
Sep 19 2008 Brief of respondent United States filed.
Sep 30 2008 Reply of petitioner Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa filed. (Distributed)
Oct 1 2008 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 17, 2008.
Oct 20 2008 Petition GRANTED.
Oct 23 2008 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 15, 2008.
Oct 23 2008 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 23, 2009.
Dec 2 2008 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa.
Dec 8 2008 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, February 25, 2009.
Dec 12 2008 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Dec 15 2008 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Dec 15 2008 Brief of petitioner Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa filed.
Dec 19 2008 Brief amici curiae of Advocates for Human Rights, et al. filed.
Dec 22 2008 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed.
Dec 22 2008 Brief amicus curiae of Professors of Linguistics in support of neither party filed.
Dec 22 2008 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Dec 22 2008 Brief amicus curiae of Professors of Criminal Law filed.
Dec 22 2008 Brief amici curiae of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, et al. filed.
Jan 7 2009 Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the 8th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Jan 9 2009 CIRCULATED.
Jan 22 2009 Record for the U.S.D.C. for the Southern District of Iowa is Electronically filed.
Jan 23 2009 Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed.)
Jan 28 2009 Motion of Professors of Linguistics in support of neither party for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jan 30 2009 Brief amici curiae of Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 17 2009 Reply of petitioners Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa filed.
Feb 20 2009 Motion of Professors of Linguistics in support of neither party for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED.
Feb 25 2009 Argued. For petitioner: Kevin K. Russell, Bethesda, Md. For respondent: Toby J. Heytens, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
May 4 2009 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
Jun 5 2009 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 26 2009 Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the Eighth Circuit.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Kevin K. Russell Goldstein & Russell, P.C.(202) 362-0636
    Counsel of Record5225 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC  20015
kr@goldsteinrussell.com
Party name: Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa
Attorneys for Respondent:
Elena Kagan Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Toby Jay Heytens Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: United States
Other:
Iris E. Bennett Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6000
1099 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
ibennett@jenner.com
Party name: Professors of Criminal Law
 
Neal Goldfarb 1301 Fairmont St., N.W.(202) 262-7886
Washington, DC  20009
goldfarbneal@gmail.com
Party name: Professors of Linguistics in support of neither party
 
Stephen V. Masterson Howery LLP(213)-892-1992
550 S. Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA  90071
mastersons@howrey.com
Party name: Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., et al.
 
Nancy Morawetz Washington Square Legal Services Inc.(212) 998-6430
245 Sullivan Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY  10012
nancy.morawetz@nyu.edu
Party name: Advocates for Human Rights, et al.
 
Marc Rotenberg Electronic Privacy Information Center(202) 483-1140
1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC  20009
rotenberg@epic.org
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al.
 
Sri Srinivasan O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5300
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
ssrinivasan@omm.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense
 
Lois D. Thompson Proskauer Rose LLP(310) 557-2900
2049 Century Park East
Suite 3200
Los Angeles, CA  90067-3206
Party name: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, et al.