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Acknowledgement of receipt (06/26/07) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit received.
Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Record returned to U.S.C.A. for the 8th Circuit.
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. Opinion per curiam. (orders list)
Justice Scalia, with whom Justice Thomas and Justice Alito join, filed a dissenting opinion.
Chief Justice Roberts filed a concurring opinion.
Statement of costs for printing received.
ARGUED. For petitioner: Andrea K. Spillars, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, Missouri. For respondent: John H. Blume, Ithaca, New York.
Reply of petitioner Don Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent William Weaver filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Interested Former Oklahoma City Bombing Prosecutors filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
Record received from U.S.D.C. for Eastern District of Missouri. (2 boxes)
Record received from U.S.C.A. for 8th Circuit. 1 (box)
CIRCULATED.
Brief of petitioner Don Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center filed.
Joint appendix filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, March 21, 2007.
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED. (orders list)
Petition GRANTED. (orders list)
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent.
Brief of respondent William Weaver in opposition filed.
Appendix of Don Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center filed (Volumes I & II).
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2006)
Don Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, Petitioner, represented by Andrea Kaye Spillars
Don Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, Petitioner, represented by Stephen D. Hawke
William Weaver, Respondent, represented by John H. Blume
William Weaver, Respondent, represented by Philip Horwitz
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger
Interested Former Oklahoma City Bombing Prosecutors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey T. Green
Interested Former Oklahoma City Bombing Prosecutors, Amicus Curiae, represented by David S. Petron
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael C. Small