Decided

No. 12-7822

Walter Fernandez v. California

from the Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District

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Docket Entries

Record received from Court of Appeal of California, 2nd Appellate District has been returned.

MANDATE ISSUED.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., and Thomas, J., filed concurring opinions. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., joined.

Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. For respondent: Louis W. Karlin, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Joseph R. Palmore, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Reply of petitioner Walter Fernandez filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief of respondent California filed. (Distributed)

Record received from Court of Appeal of California, 2nd Appellate District.(1 box)

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 13, 2013

CIRCULATED.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.

Brief of petitioner Walter Fernandez filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Gerald P. Peters, Esquire, of Thousand Oaks, California, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2013.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 25, 2013.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2013.

Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Walter Fernandez.

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 16, 2013.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 9, 2013.

Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 5, 2013.

Response Requested . (Due March 6, 2013)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 15, 2013.

Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 22, 2013)

Parties

Walter Fernandez, Petitioner, represented by Gerald P. Peters

Walter Fernandez, Petitioner, represented by Jeffrey L. Fisher

California, Respondent, represented by Louis Ward Karlin

Amici Curiae

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey A. Lamken

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Walter Fernandez v. California, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joseph Russell Palmore

 
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