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Record returned to the U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of Virginia.
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., and Alito, J., filed ... (orders list)
Argued. For petitioner: Michael S. Nachmanoff, Federal Public Defender for E. Dist. of Va., Alexandria, Va. For respondent: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Reply brief on the merits of petitioner Derrick Kimbrough filed.
Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED. (orders list)
CIRCULATED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT Tuesday, October 2, 2007.
Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of Virginia. (Norfolk) (1 envelope)
Record received from U.S.C.A. for Fourth Circuit. (1 envelope)
Statement of cost for printing the joint appendix received pursuant to Rule 26.
Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Sentencing Project, and the Center for the Study of Race and Law at the University of Virginia School of Law
Brief of petitioner Derrick Kimbrough filed.
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. VIDED.
Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union filed.
Brief amici curiae of Federal Public and Community Defenders, et al. filed.
Joint appendix filed. (Volume I)
Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Derrick Kimbrough.
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. (orders list)
Letter of March 6, 2007, from counsel for petitioner received.
Reply of petitioner Derrick Kimbrough filed.
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
Response Requested . (Due February 5, 2007)
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 10, 2006)
Derrick Kimbrough, Petitioner, represented by Michael S. Nachmanoff
Derrick Kimbrough, Petitioner, represented by Frances Hemsley Pratt
United States, Respondent, represented by Paul D. Clement
United States, Respondent, represented by Michael R. Dreeben
American Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam B. Wolf
Federal Public and Community Defenders, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark Osler
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ian Heath Gershengorn
National Association of Criminal Defense lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Miguel A. Estrada
Sentencing Project, and the Center for Sudy of Race and Law at University of Virginia School of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew M. Shors