Decided

No. 05-595

Glen Whorton, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections v. Marvin Howard Bockting

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

See other cases from the Ninth Circuit.

Docket Entries

Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit.

Record returned to the U.S.D.C. for the District of Nevada.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Argued. For petitioner: George J. Chanos, Attorney General, Las Vegas, Nev.: and Irving L. Gornstein, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Frances A. Forsman,

Reply of petitioner Glen Whorton, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. (orders list)

Record received from U.S.D.C. for the District of Nevada. (1 Box)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)

Record received from U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)

Brief amici curiae of Hon. Edward N. Cahn, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Marvin Howard Bockting filed. (Distributed)

Order further extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including September 20, 2006.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

CIRCULATED.

Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including September 15, 2006.

Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Brief of petitioner Glen Whorton, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections filed.

Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including July 20, 2006.

Petition GRANTED. (orders list)

Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED. (orders list)

Supplemental brief of respondent Marvin Howard Bockting filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2006.

Supplemental brief of petitioner filed..

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2006.

Brief of respondent Marvin Howard Bockting in opposition filed.

Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 12, 2005)

Parties

Glen Whorton, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections, Petitioner, represented by Gerald J. Gardner

Marvin Howard Bockting, Respondent, represented by Franny A. Forsman

Amici Curiae

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger

Glen Whorton, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections v. Marvin Howard Bockting, Amicus Curiae, represented by Irving L. Gornstein

Hon. Edward N. Cahn, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Timothy P. O'Toole

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey T. Green

Texas, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Ted Cruz

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Clement

 
Last updated: September 20, 2007