| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Mar 3 2008 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2008) |
| Apr 1 2008 |
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed. |
| Apr 3 2008 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2008. |
| Apr 7 2008 |
Response Requested . (Due May 7, 2008) |
| Apr 23 2008 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 6, 2008. |
| May 30 2008 |
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including July 7, 2008. |
| Jun 30 2008 |
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 6, 2008. |
| Aug 1 2008 |
Brief of respondent United States filed. |
| Aug 11 2008 |
Reply of petitioner James Benjamin Puckett filed |
| Aug 14 2008 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2008. |
| Oct 1 2008 |
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether a forfeited claim that the government breached a plea agreement is subject to the plain-error standard of Rule 52(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
| Oct 15 2008 |
Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner James Benjamin Puckett. |
| Oct 16 2008 |
Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Texas. (1 box) This record contains sealed documents. |
| Oct 25 2008 |
Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the 5th Circuit. (1 envelope) |
| Oct 25 2008 |
Supplemental record received from the U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Texas. (1 envelope). |
| Oct 29 2008 |
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 14, 2008. |
| Nov 7 2008 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 14, 2009. |
| Nov 17 2008 |
Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Lars Robert Isaacson, Esquire, of Lewisville, Texas, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. |
| Nov 17 2008 |
Joint appendix filed. (Jt. Appendix in two volumes.) Statement of costs received. |
| Nov 17 2008 |
Brief of petitioner James Benjamin Puckett filed. |
| Nov 24 2008 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Nov 28 2008 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Dec 17 2008 |
Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed). |
| Jan 7 2009 |
Reply of petitioner James Benjamin Puckett filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 14 2009 |
Argued. For petitioner: Lars R. Isaacson, Lewisville, Tex. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondent: Lisa H. Schertler, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 2 2009 |
Motion of the parties for leave to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal filed. |
| Feb 4 2009 |
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2009. |
| Feb 23 2009 |
Motion of the parties for leave to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED. |
| Mar 25 2009 |
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, J., joined. |
| Apr 27 2009 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| May 19 2009 |
Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit. |
| Jun 26 2009 |
Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Texas. |