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Record returned to U.S.C.D. for Southern District of California.
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Alito, J., joined. (orders list)
Argued. For petitioner: Reuben C. Cahn, San Diego, Cal. For respondent in support of vacatur: Matthew D. Roberts, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For amicus curiae: Stephanos Bibas, Philadelphia, Pa. ...
Reply of petitioner Alejandra Tapia filed. (Distributed)
Reply of respondent United States supporting vacatur filed. (Distributed)
Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED. (orders list)
Motion for divided argument filed by respondent United States supporting vacatur.
Partial record received from U.S.D.C. for Southern District of California. (1 envelope) This is the sealed portion of the record. The remainder of the record is electronic.
Record received from U.S.D.C. for Southern District of California. (1 envelope) There are sealed documents in this record.
Brief amicus curiae of Court-appointed amicus curiae filed. (Distributed)
Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED. (orders list)
CIRCULATED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, April 18, 2011.
Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Alejandra Tapia.
Brief of respondent United States supporting vacatur filed.
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Brief of petitioner Alejandra Tapia filed.
The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 31, 2011.
The time to file the Court-appointed brief of amicus curiae is extended to and including March 10, 2011.
Any reply brief on the merits will be filed on or before April 8, 2011.
Stephanos Bibas, Esquire, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the position that 18 U.S.C. �3582(a) allows district courts to consider rehabilitative need in setting the length and ter...
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. (orders list)
Reply of petitioner Alejandra Tapia filed.
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 25, 2010.
Response Requested . (Due September 24, 2010)
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 August 13, 2010)
Alejandra Tapia, Petitioner, represented by James Fife
Alejandra Tapia, Petitioner, represented by Doug Keller
Alejandra Tapia, Petitioner, represented by Reuben Camper Cahn
United States, Respondent, represented by Matthew D. Roberts
United States, Respondent, represented by Neal Kumar Katyal
United States supporting vacatur, Respondent, represented by Neal Kumar Katyal
United States supporting vacatur, Respondent, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Court-appointed amicus curiae, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephanos Bibas