Rehearing Disposed

No. 06-5754

Victor A. Rita v. United States

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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Docket Entries

Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Western District of North Carolnina.

Record returned to the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.

Acknowledgement of receipt (08/24/07) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit received.

Rehearing DENIED. (orders list)

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

DISTRIBUTED.

Petition for Rehearing filed.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined as to Part III. Stevens, J., filed a concurring opinion

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined as to Part III. Stevens, J., filed a concurring opi...

Statement of costs for printing received.

Argued. For petitioner: Thomas N. Cochran, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, N.C. For respondent: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Reply of petitioner Victor A. Rita filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States Sentencing Commission filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Record received from U.S.D.C. for Western District of North Carolina. ( 1 envelope) A portion of this record is sealed.

CIRCULATED.

Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal. GRANTED. (orders list)

Record received from U.S.C.A. for 4th Circuit. (1 envelope).

Supplemental Volume to the joint appendix filed.

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 5, 2007.

Brief amici curiae of Marc Miller, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Who Study Sentencing Reform filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed.

Joint appendix Volume I filed.

Brief of petitioner Victor A. Rita filed.

Brief amicus curiae of New York Council of Defense Lawyers filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Families Against Mandatory Minimums filed. VIDED.

Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal. filed by petitioner Victor A. Rita.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. VIDED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 20, 2007.

Brief amicus curiae of New York Council of Defense Lawyers filed.

Brief amici curiae of Federal Public and Community Defenders, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.

Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following Questions: 1) Was the district court's choice of within-Guidelines sentence reasonable 2) In making that determination, is it consistent wit... (orders list)

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following Questions: 1) Was the district court's choice of within-Guidelines sentence reasonable 2) In making that determination, is it consistent with Un (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 3, 2006.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 27, 2006.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006.

Reply of petitioner Victor A. Rita filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006.

Memorandum of respondent United States filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2006)

Parties

Victor A. Rita, Petitioner, represented by Thomas N. Cochran

United States, Respondent, represented by Michael R. Dreeben

United States, Respondent, represented by Paul D. Clement

Amici Curiae

Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory L. Poe

Federal Public and Community Defenders, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas W. Hillier

Federal Public and Community Defenders, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas W. Hillier II.

Law Professors Who Study Sentencing Reform, Amicus Curiae, represented by Edward S. Lee

Marc Miller, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Marc L. Miller

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Miguel A. Estrada

National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Louis R. Cohen

New York Council of Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alexandra A.E. Shapiro

New York Council of Defense Lawyers , Amicus Curiae, represented by Alexandra A.E. Shapiro

United States Sentencing Commission, Amicus Curiae, represented by David C. Frederick

Washington Legal Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Kamenar

 
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