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Records returned (4-boxes, including 11th Circuit record) to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Rehearing DENIED. (orders list)
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Petition for Rehearing filed.
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined.
Letter, dated November 6, 2009, received from counsel for the petitioner. (Distributed).
Argued. For petitioner: Kerry A. Scanlon, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Corey L. Maze, Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala.
Reply of petitioner Holly Wood filed. (Distributed)
Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Middle District of Alabama. ( U.S.C.A. for the 11th Circuit record included). (4 boxes)
Brief amici curiae of Indiana and 18 additional states filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondents Richard F. Allen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. filed. (Distributed)
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, November 4, 2009
CIRCULATED.
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
Joint appendix filed (two volumes). Statement of costs received.
Brief of petitioner Holly Wood filed.
Joint appendix filed. (Jt. appendix in two volumes).
Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the respondents.
The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 18, 2009.
The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 3, 2009.
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition. (orders list)
Reply of petitioner Holly Wood filed.
Brief of respondents Richard F. Allen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 13, 2009)
Application (08A642) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 12, 2009.
Application (08A642) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 10, 2009 to March 12, 2009, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Holly Wood, Petitioner, represented by Kerry Alan Scanlon
Richard F. Allen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al., Respondent, represented by Corey L.. Maze
Richard F. Allen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al., Respondent, represented by Corey L. Maze
Richard F. Allen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al., Respondent, represented by Henry M. Johnson
American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Larry Yackle
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger
Indiana and 18 additional states, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas M. Fisher
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan L. Marcus