| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Sep 27 2013 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2013) |
| Oct 11 2013 |
Application (13A374) for an injunction pending disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Oct 16 2013 |
Response to application (13A374) requested by Justice Alito. (Due Thursday, October 24, 2013, by 4 p.m. EDT.) |
| Oct 24 2013 |
Response to application from respondent Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. filed. |
| Oct 29 2013 |
Waiver of right of respondents Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. to respond filed. |
| Oct 31 2013 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 15, 2013. |
| Nov 1 2013 |
Response Requested . (Due December 2, 2013) |
| Nov 14 2013 |
Application (13A374) referred to the Court. |
| Nov 14 2013 |
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. |
| Nov 21 2013 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 16, 2014. |
| Jan 3 2014 |
Supplemental brief of petitioner Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad filed. |
| Jan 16 2014 |
Brief of respondents Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Jan 30 2014 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2014. |
| Feb 4 2014 |
Reply of petitioner Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 24 2014 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 28, 2014. |
| Mar 3 2014 |
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. |
| Mar 3 2014 |
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.�
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| Apr 1 2014 |
The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 22, 2014. |
| Apr 1 2014 |
The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 23, 2014. |
| Apr 15 2014 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents. |
| Apr 21 2014 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Apr 23 2014 |
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| May 22 2014 |
Brief of petitioner Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Anti-Defamation League, et al. filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Former Corrections Officials John Clark, et al. filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Former Prison Wardens filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amicus curiae of Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians and Huy filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, et al. filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of The Sikh Coalition and Muslim Public Affairs Council filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Prison Fellowship Ministries, et al. filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Dr. Ronald L. Akers, et al. filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al. filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Islamic Law Scholars filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amicus curiae of Women's Prison Association filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. |
| May 29 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Reformed Prisoners Jesse Wiese, et al. filed. |
| Jun 9 2014 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Jul 9 2014 |
Record requested from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. |
| Jul 16 2014 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
| Jul 23 2014 |
Brief of respondents Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. filed. |
| Jul 30 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. |
| Aug 7 2014 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 13 2014 |
Record received from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. 1-Envelope. The full record is located on PACER. |
| Aug 15 2014 |
Record received from U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Arkansas Pine Bluff Division, 1 Envelope. |
| Aug 22 2014 |
Reply of petitioner Gregory Houston Holt, aka Abdul Maalik Muhammad filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 22 2014 |
Proposal to lodge copies of two exhibits from an evidentiary hearing before the magistrate from counsel for petitioner. |
| Aug 22 2014 |
Proposal to lodge copies of responsive documents to extra-record representations made in respondents' brief on the merits from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Aug 26 2014 |
Letter from counsel for respondents in response to petitioner's lodging proposals. |
| Aug 29 2014 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 7 2014 |
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. |
| Jan 20 2015 |
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. |
| Feb 23 2015 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Feb 27 2015 |
Record returned to U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Arkansas Pine Bluff Division. (1-Envelope). |
| Feb 27 2015 |
Record returned to U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. (1-Envelope). |