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Docket for 03-7434
No. 03-7434
Vide 03-878
Title:
Daniel Benitez, Petitioner
v.
Michael Rozos, Field Office Director, Miami, Florida, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Docketed:November 14, 2003
Linked with 03A982
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(02-14324)
  Decision Date:July 17, 2003
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 14 2003 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 15, 2003)
Nov 19 2003 Brief of respondent Robert Wallis, Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service filed.
Nov 20 2003 Reply of petitioner Daniel Benitez filed.
Dec 4 2003 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2004.
Jan 12 2004 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2004.
Jan 16 2004 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. The brief of petitioner is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Wednesday, February 25, 2004. The brief of respondent is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Friday, March 26, 2004. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, April 19, 2004. Rule 29.2 does not apply.
Feb 16 2004 Joint appendix filed.
Feb 24 2004 Brief amicus curiae of North Carolina Justice and Community Development Center filed.
Feb 25 2004 Brief of petitioner Daniel Benitez filed.
Feb 25 2004 Brief amici curiae of Regina Germain and Ira Kurzban filed.
Feb 25 2004 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Feb 25 2004 Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union filed.
Feb 25 2004 Brief amici curiae of Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center and Rafael Penalver filed.
Feb 25 2004 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors, Aleinikoff, et al. filed.
Feb 25 2004 Brief amici curiae of Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, et al. filed.
Feb 25 2004 Brief amici curiae of Legal and Service Organizations, AALDEF, et al. filed.
Feb 25 2004 Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Law Foundation Legal Action Center, et al. filed.
Mar 1 2004 This case is consolidated with No. 03-878, Clark v. Martinez, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Mar 16 2004 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits in No. 03-7434 to and including April 26, 2004.
Apr 12 2004 Further extension of time in No. 03-7434 within which to file respondent's brief on the merits.
Apr 12 2004 Extension of time in No. 03-878 within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits to and including May 7, 2004.
May 7 2004 Brief of respondent Robert Wallis, Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service filed.
May 7 2004 Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
May 7 2004 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner.
May 18 2004 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 3, 2004.
May 26 2004 Motion for additional time to argue and for divided argument filed by counsel for Martinez and Benitez. VIDED.
May 27 2004 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief in No. 03-878 on the merits to and including July 19, 2004.
May 27 2004 Application (03A982) to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits in No. 03-7434 from June 11, 2004, to July 17, 2004, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
May 28 2004 Application (03A982) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until July 16, 2004.
Jun 7 2004 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. John S. Mills, Esquire, of Jacksonville, Florida is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.
Jun 14 2004 Motion of Martinez and Benitez for divided argument is granted. The request for additional time for oral argument is denied.
Jul 9 2004 Application (04A32) to extend further the time for filing the reply brief on the merits in No. 03-7434 from July 16, 2004 to August 2, 2004, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Jul 11 2004 Further extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits in No. 03-878 to and including August 2, 2004.
Jul 12 2004 Application (04A32) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file the reply brief on the merits to and including August 2, 2004.
Aug 2 2004 Reply of petitioner Daniel Benitez filed.
Aug 3 2004 Record received from U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit. 1 folder)
Aug 5 2004 CIRCULATED.
Aug 12 2004 Record received from U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Florida
Aug 24 2004 SET FOR ARGUMENT Wednesday, October 13, 2004.
Oct 8 2004 Letter from the Acting Solicitor General, dated 10/8/04, received. (Distributed).
Oct 13 2004 Argued. For Martinez: Christine S. Dahl, Assistant Federal Defender, Portland, Ore. For Benitez: John S. Mills, Jacksonville, Fla. For United States: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Nov 3 2004 Letter and attachment, dated November 3, 2004, received from the Solicitor General. (Distributed).
Nov 9 2004 Letter, dated November 9, 2004, in response to the Solicitor General received from counsel for the petitioner. (Distributed).
Jan 12 2005 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C.J., joined as to Part I-A.
Feb 14 2005 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Mar 16 2005 Motion for attorney's fees under Equal Access to Justice Act filed by counsel for petitioner.
Apr 5 2005 Acknowledgement of receipt (02/16/05) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit received.
Apr 5 2005 Suggestion of death of petitioner received.
Apr 6 2005 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 22, 2005.
Apr 25 2005 Motion for attorney's fees under Equal Access to Justice Act denied without prejudice to filing in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Jun 24 2005 Record returned to U.S.C.A. - 11th Circuit.
Jun 24 2005 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Florida.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
John S. Mills The Mills Firm PA(904) 765-0897
    Counsel of Record203 North Gadsden St., Suite 1A
Tallahassee, FL  32201
jmills@mills-appeals.com
Party name: Daniel Benitez
Attorneys for Respondent:
Paul D. Clement Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Michael Rozos, Field Office Director, Miami, Florida, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
 
Christine Stebbins Dahl Assistant Federal Defender(503) 326-2123
101 SW Main Street
Suite 1700
Portland, OR  97204
Party name: Michael Rozos, Field Office Director, Miami, Florida, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Other:
Dennis W. Archer American Bar Association(312) 988-5215
750 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL  60611
Party name: American Bar Association
 
David J. Bodney Steptoe & Johnson(602) 257-5212
201 East Washington Street
Suite 1600
Phoenix, AZ  85004
dbodney@steptoe.com
Party name: Regina Germain and Ira Kurzban
 
James E. Coleman Jr. Duke University School of Law(919) 613-7057
210 Science Drive
Box 90360
Durham, NC  27708
jcoleman@law.duke.edu
Party name: North Carolina Justice and Community Development Center
 
Steve F. Hanlon Holland & Knight, LLP(202) 955-3000
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 100
Washington, DC  20006
Party name: Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center and Rafael Penalver
 
Edwin S. Kneedler Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ
Party name: Daniel Benitez v. Michael Rozos, Field Office Director, Miami, Florida, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
 
Bill Lann Lee Lewis Feinberg Lee Renaker & Jackson(510) 839-6824
476 9th St.
Oakland, CA  94607
blee@lewisfeinberg.com
Party name: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, et al.
 
George E. Quillin Foley & Lardner LLP(202) 672-5300
3000 K St., NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC  20007
gquillin@foley.com
Party name: American Immigration Law Foundation Legal Action Center, et al.
 
Judy Rabinovitz American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(212) 549-2618
125 Broad Street
New York, NY  10004-2400
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union
 
Jonathan J. Ross Susman Godfrey LLP(713) 651-9366
1000 Louisiana Street
Suite 5100
Houston, TX  77002
Party name: Law Professors Aleinikoff, et al.
 
Richard A. Samp Washington Legal Foundation(202) 588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
rsamp@wlf.org
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
 
Joseph F. Tringali Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP(212) 455-2000
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY  10017
jtringali@stblaw.com
Party name: Legal and Service Organizations, AALDEF, et al.

 

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