Argued. For petitioner: Eric J. Feigin, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Ginger D. Anders, Washington, D. C.

Letter of petitioner clarifying joint appendix arrangement filed.

The record received from the U.S.D.C. Dist. of Massachusetts has been electronically filed.

Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit (1 Box - including several CDs and thumb-drives of sealed material). Notation that district court was instructed to transmit its record material to the Clerk.

Brief amici curiae of Retired Federal Judges and Former Federal Prosecutors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Michael J.Z. Mannheimer filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Shirin Bakhshay, Tarika Daftary-Kapur, Yael Danieli, Angela Jones, Margaret Bull Kovera, Steven D. Penrod & Christine L. Ruva filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc., National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Interested Evidence and Sentencing Law Professors filed. ((Distributed)

Brief of respondent Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record GRANTED.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.

ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, October 13, 2021.

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The National Fraternal Order of Police filed.

Brief of petitioner United States filed.

Joint appendix Volume III (Redacted) filed. (Docketed 8/2/21).

Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed by petitioner United States.

Joint appendix Volume I and II filed.

Brief amici curiae of James Fetzer, Ph. D., et al. filed.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.

Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.

Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5. filed.

Brief of respondent Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is extended to and including December 17, 2020.

Response to motion for an extension of time from petitioner United States filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2020 to January 6, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.

United States opposition to respondent's 30-day extension request not accepted for filing. (November 23, 2020 - corrected letter to be submitted)

Brief amicus curiae of The National Fraternal Order of Police filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 7, 2020.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 5, 2020 to December 7, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2020)

United States, Petitioner, represented by Brian H. Fletcher

Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, Respondent, represented by Ginger D. Anders

American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc., National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Catherine Emily Stetson

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger

Interested Evidence and Sentencing Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dean Arthur Strang

James Fetzer, Ph. D., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John Remington Graham

Michael J.Z. Mannheimer, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jennifer Michelle Keighley

Retired Federal Judges and Former Federal Prosecutors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kannon K. Shanmugam

Shirin Bakhshay, Tarika Daftary-Kapur, Yael Danieli, Angela Jones, Margaret Bull Kovera, Steven D. Penrod & Christine L. Ruva, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen Michael Nickelsburg