Petition DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 16, 2011.

Brief of respondent Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration, Richard Weiss, Director in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 23, 2011.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2011)

Application (10A788) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 18, 2011.

Application (10A788) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 16, 2011 to April 1, 2011, submitted to Justice Alito.

Troy Burdine, Petitioner, represented by Hershell D. Koger

Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration, Richard Weiss, Director, Respondent, represented by Paul Michael Gehring

Richard Weiss, Director, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Respondent, represented by Martha Grissom Hunt