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

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Rehearing DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 23, 2007.

Petition for Rehearing filed.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam.

Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by respondent GRANTED. (orders list)

Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioner GRANTED. (orders list)

Motion to file a supplemental brief after oral argument filed by respondent Belinda Stewart, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center.

Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioner Lonnie Lee Burton.

Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondent: William B. Collins, Deputy Solicitor General, Olympia, Wash.; and Matthew D. Roberts, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, W...

Reply of petitioner Lonnie Lee Burton filed. (Distributed)

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

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

Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Douglas Waddington, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed).

Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Jeffrey L. Fisher, Esquire, of Stanford, California is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. (orders list)

Record for U.S.D.C. for the Western District of Washington electronically Filed - no hard copy.

Record received from U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit.

CIRCULATED.

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and The Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.

Brief of petitioner Lonnie Lee Burton filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Law Offices of Robert A. Ratliff filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 7, 2006,

Further extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including August 28, 2006.

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006.

Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including August 21, 2006.

Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Lonnie Lee Burton.

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 1, 2006.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2006.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2006.

Reply of petitioner Lonnie Lee Burton filed.

Brief of respondent Douglas Waddington, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center in opposition filed.

Response Requested . (Due April 26, 2006)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 14, 2006.

Waiver of right of respondent Douglas Waddington, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 17, 2006)

Application (05A569) granted by Justice O'Connor extending the time to file until February 10, 2006.

Application (05A569) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 11, 2006 to February 10, 2006, submitted to Justice O'Connor.

Lonnie Lee Burton, Petitioner, represented by Jeffrey L. Fisher

Lonnie Lee Burton, Petitioner, pro se

Lonnie Lee Burton, Petitioner, represented by Brian Tsuchida

Belinda Stewart, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Respondent, represented by John J. Samson

Belinda Stewart, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Respondent, represented by William B. Collins

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

Indiana, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas M. Fisher

Law Offices of Robert A. Ratliff, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Allen Ratliff

Lonnie Lee Burton v. Belinda Stewart, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew D. Roberts

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and The Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sheryl Gordon McCloud

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