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Docket for 10-7387
No. 10-7387
Title:
Monroe Ace Setser, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed:November 8, 2010
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(08-10835)
  Decision Date:May 11, 2010
  Rehearing Denied:August 5, 2010
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 2 2010 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2010)
Dec 1 2010 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 7, 2011.
Jan 4 2011 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including February 11, 2011.
Feb 11 2011 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Feb 24 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2011.
Mar 14 2011 Reply of petitioner Monroe Ace Setser filed. (Distributed)
May 25 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 9, 2011.
Jun 13 2011 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Jun 15 2011 Evan A. Young, Esquire, of Austin, Texas, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.
Jul 13 2011 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 12, 2011.
Jul 13 2011 The time to file the brief of amicus curiae in support of the judgment below is extended to and including September 26, 2011.
Aug 11 2011 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 19, 2011.
Aug 11 2011 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including October 11, 2011.
Aug 19 2011 Brief of respondent the United States supporting petitioner filed.
Aug 19 2011 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Aug 19 2011 Brief of petitioner Monroe Ace Setser filed.
Aug 19 2011 Motion for leave to file volume II of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Monroe Ace Setser.
Sep 12 2011 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday November 30, 2011.
Sep 14 2011 CIRCULATED
Oct 3 2011 Motion for leave to file volume II of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED.
Oct 3 2011 Record from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit is electronic.
Oct 3 2011 Record from U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Texas is electronic.
Oct 11 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed. (Distributed)
Oct 14 2011 Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General.
Oct 28 2011 Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General GRANTED.
Nov 10 2011 Reply of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
Nov 10 2011 Reply of petitioner Monroe Ace Setser filed. (Distributed)
Nov 30 2011 Argued. For petitioner: Jason D. Hawkins, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Dallas, Tex. For respondent in support of petitioner: William M. Jay, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Evan A. Young, Austin, Tex. (Appointed by this Court.)
Mar 28 2012 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy and Ginsburg, JJ., joined.
Apr 30 2012 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Jason D. Hawkins Federal Public Defender's Office(214) 767-2746
    Counsel of RecordNorthern District of Texas
525 Griffin Street, Suite 629
Dallas, TX  75202
jason_hawkins@fd.org
Party name: Monroe Ace Setser
Attorneys for Respondent:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
William M. Jay Goodwin Procter LLP(202) 346-4000
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001
wjay@goodwinprocter.com
Party name: United States
Other:
Evan A. Young Baker Botts LLP(512)-322-2506
98 San Jacinto Boulevard
Suite 1500
Austin, TX  78701-4078
evan.young@bakerbotts.com
Party name: Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below

 

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