Petition DENIED Justice Breyer, with whom Justice Ginsburg and Justice Sotomayor join, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2012.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 9, 2012.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 2, 2012.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 26, 2012.

Reply of petitioner John Joseph Delling filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Idaho in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 24, 2012.

Response Requested . (Due August 24, 2012)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Psychiatric Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 52 Criminal Law and Mental Health Law Professors filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

Waiver of right of respondent Idaho to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 16, 2012)

Application (11A905) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until June 13, 2012.

Application (11A905) to extend further the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 29, 2012 to June 13, 2012, submitted to Justice Kennedy.

Application (11A905) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until May 29, 2012.

Application (11A905) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 26, 2012 to May 29, 2012, submitted to Justice Kennedy.

John Joseph Delling, Petitioner, represented by Jeffrey L. Fisher

Idaho, Respondent, represented by John C. McKinney

Idaho, Respondent, represented by Kenneth K. Jorgensen

52 Criminal Law and Mental Health Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Jeffrey Bonnie

American Paychiatric Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Aaron M. Panner

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth B. Wydra

Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Rebecca E. Woodman