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Rehearing DENIED. (orders list)
Petition for Rehearing filed.
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED Justice Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion in which Justice Breyer and Justice Sotomayor join. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion) (orders list)
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED. (orders list)
Record received from U. S. District Court Central District of California (1 box).
Record received from the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (one envelope).
Record Requested .
Reply of petitioner Javier Cavazos, Acting Warden filed. (Distributed)
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent.
Brief of respondent Shirley Ree Smith in opposition filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 11, 2011)
Javier Cavazos, Acting Warden, Petitioner, represented by Lawrence M. Daniels
Shirley Ree Smith, Respondent, represented by Michael J. Brennan