No. 08-651
Title:
Jose Padilla, Petitioner
v.
Kentucky
Docketed:November 18, 2008
Linked with 08A235
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of Kentucky
  Case Nos.:(2006-SC-000321-DG)
  Decision Date:January 24, 2008
  Rehearing Denied:June 19, 2008
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sep 8 2008 Application (08A235) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 17, 2008 to November 16, 2008, submitted to Justice Stevens.
Sep 16 2008 Application (08A235) granted by Justice Stevens extending the time to file until November 16, 2008.
Nov 14 2008 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2008)
Dec 11 2008 Waiver of right of respondent Kentucky to respond filed.
Dec 17 2008 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2009.
Dec 18 2008 Response Requested . (Due January 21, 2009)
Jan 16 2009 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 23, 2009.
Jan 21 2009 Brief of respondent Kentucky in opposition filed.
Jan 21 2009 Brief amici curiae of Criminal and Immigration Law Professors, et al. filed.
Feb 3 2009 Reply of petitioner Jose Padilla filed.
Feb 4 2009 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2009.
Feb 23 2009 Petition GRANTED.
Mar 12 2009 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 26, 2009.
May 21 2009 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
May 26 2009 Joint appendix filed. Statement of costs received.
May 26 2009 Brief of petitioner Jose Padilla filed.
Jun 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Legal Ethics, Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Law Professors filed.
Jun 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Jun 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Jun 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
Jun 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Asian American Justice Center, et al. filed.
Jun 5 2009 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 10, 2009.
Jul 16 2009 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
Jul 17 2009 CIRCULATED.
Jul 29 2009 Record received from Supreme Court of Kentucky.
Aug 6 2009 Record received from Hardin County Circuit Court of Kentucky. (1 envelope including 2 VHS tapes)
Aug 6 2009 Record received from Court of Appeals of Kentucky. (1 envelope)
Aug 10 2009 Brief of respondent Kentucky filed. (Distributed)
Aug 17 2009 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Aug 17 2009 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 17 2009 Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 4 2009 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Sep 9 2009 Reply of petitioner Jose Padilla filed. (Distributed)
Oct 13 2009 Argued. For petitioner: Stephen B. Kinnaird, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Wm. Robert Long, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, Ky.; and Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Mar 31 2010 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Roberts, C. J., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined.
May 3 2010 MANDATE ISSUED.
May 24 2010 Record returned (1-envelope) to Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
May 27 2010 Record returned (1-envelope) to Supreme Court of Kentucky.
May 27 2010 Record returned (1-envelope) to Hardin County Circuit Court of Kentucky.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Stephen B. Kinnaird Paul Hastings LLP(202) 551-1700
    Counsel of Record875 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
stephenkinnaird@paulhastings.com
Party name: Jose Padilla
 
Richard Edwin Neal U'Sellis & Kitchen, PLC(502)-736-3600
600 East Main Street, Ste. 100
Louisville, KY  40202
rneal@uselliskitchenlaw.com
Party name: Jose Padilla
Attorneys for Respondent:
Wm. Robert Long Jr. Assistant Attorney General(502) 696-5342
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
1024 Capital Center Drive
Suite 200
Frankfort, KY  40601
robert.long@ag.ky.gov
Party name: Kentucky
 
David A. Smith Assistant Attorney General(502) 696-5243
1024 Capital Center Drive
Suite 200
Frankfort, KY  40601
Party name: Kentucky
Other:
Iris E. Bennett Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6000
1099 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
ibennett@jenner.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al.
 
Stephanos Bibas University of Pennsylvania Law School(215) 746-2297
Supreme Court Clinic
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA  19104
sbibas@law.upenn.edu
Party name: Criminal and Immigration Law Professors, et al.
 
Michael R. Dreeben Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2201
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
michael.r.dreeben@usdoj.gov
Party name: Jose Padilla v. Kentucky
 
Miguel A. Estrada Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202) 955-8500
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
mestrada@gibsondunn.com
Party name: Legal Ethics, Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Law Professors
 
Elena Kagan Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Gene Schaerr Winston & Strawn LLP(202) 282-5000
1700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
gschaerr@winston.com
Party name: Louisiana, et al.
 
H. Thomas Wells Jr. President(312) 988-5000
American Bar Association
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60654
Party name: American Bar Association
 
Paul R.Q. Wolfson Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6390
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
paul.wolfson@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Asian American Justice Center, et al.
 
Elizabeth B. Wydra Constitutional Accountability Center(202) 296-6889
1200 18th St., N.W., Suite 501
Washington, DC  20036
elizabeth@theusconstitution.org
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center