Decided

No. 13-6827

Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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Docket Entries

Record returned to U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. (1-Envelope).

Record returned to U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Arkansas Pine Bluff Division. (1-Envelope).

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Ginsburg, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion.

Argued. For petitioner: Douglas Laycock, Charlottesville, Va.; and Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: David A. Curran, Deputy Attorney General, Little Rock, Ark.

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

Letter from counsel for respondents in response to petitioner's lodging proposals.

Proposal to lodge copies of responsive documents to extra-record representations made in respondents' brief on the merits from counsel for the petitioner.

Proposal to lodge copies of two exhibits from an evidentiary hearing before the magistrate from counsel for petitioner.

Reply of petitioner Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad filed. (Distributed)

Record received from U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Arkansas Pine Bluff Division, 1 Envelope.

Record received from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. 1-Envelope. The full record is located on PACER.

CIRCULATED.

Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.

Brief of respondents Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Record requested from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit.

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

Brief amici curiae of Reformed Prisoners Jesse Wiese, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.

Brief amici curiae of Anti-Defamation League, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Corrections Officials John Clark, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Prison Wardens filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians and Huy filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Sikh Coalition and Muslim Public Affairs Council filed.

Brief amici curiae of Prison Fellowship Ministries, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Dr. Ronald L. Akers, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Islamic Law Scholars filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Women's Prison Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, et al. filed.

Brief of petitioner Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

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

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

The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 23, 2014.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 22, 2014.

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

The order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari is amended as follows: The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following question: �Whether the Arkansas Department of Correction�s grooming policy violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 U. S. C. �2000cc et seq., to the extent that it prohibits petitioner from growing a one-half-inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs.�

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 28, 2014.

Reply of petitioner Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2014.

Brief of respondents Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. in opposition filed.

Supplemental brief of petitioner Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 16, 2014.

Application (13A374) granted by the Court. The application for an injunction submitted to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted pending disposition of applicant�s petition for a writ of certiorari. Respondents are enjoined from enforcing the Arkansas Department of Correction�s grooming policy to the extent that it prohibits applicant from growing a one-half-inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs. If the Court denies the petition for a writ of certiorari, this order shall terminate automatically. If the Court grants the petition for a writ of certiorari, this order shall terminate when the Court enters its judgment.

Application (13A374) referred to the Court.

Response Requested . (Due December 2, 2013)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 15, 2013.

Waiver of right of respondents Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. to respond filed.

Response to application from respondent Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. filed.

Response to application (13A374) requested by Justice Alito. (Due Thursday, October 24, 2013, by 4 p.m. EDT.)

Application (13A374) for an injunction pending disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Alito.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2013)

Parties

Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad, Petitioner, represented by Douglas Laycock

Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al., Respondent, represented by Christine Ann Cryer

Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al., Respondent, represented by David A. Curran

Amici Curiae

Alabama, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew L. Brasher

Alliance Defending Freedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by David A. Cortman

American Jewish Committee, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Marc D. Stern

Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard B. Katskee

Anti-Defamation League, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Derek L. Shaffer

Dr. Ronald L. Akers, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kelly J. Shackelford

Former Corrections Officials John Clark, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan L. Abram

Former Prison Wardens, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carolyn F. Corwin

International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian R. Matsui

Islamic Law Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher C. Lund

National Congress of American Indians and Huy, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joel West Williams

National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, et al, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nathan Lewin

Prison Fellowship Ministries, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Roger G. Brooks

Reformed Prisoners Jesse Wiese, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew Allen Fitzgerald

The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anand Agneshwar

The Sikh Coalition and Muslim Public Affairs Council, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark E. Haddad

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

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony Alan Yang

Women's Prison Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by James A. Sonne

 
Last updated: February 16, 2016