| No. 15-606 | |
| Title: | Miguel Angel Pena-Rodriguez, Petitioner v. Colorado |
| Docketed: | November 10, 2015 |
| Linked with 15A265 | |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Colorado |
| Case Numbers: | (13SC9) |
| Decision Date: | May 18, 2015 |
| Rehearing Denied: | June 15, 2015 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 31 2015 | Application (15A265) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 13, 2015 to November 12, 2015, submitted to Justice Sotomayor. |
| Sep 10 2015 | Application (15A265) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until November 12, 2015. |
| Nov 10 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2015) |
| Nov 12 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Nov 13 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Nov 16 2015 | Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed. |
| Dec 02 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
| Dec 08 2015 | Response Requested.(Due January 7, 2016) |
| Dec 08 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of National Congress of American Indians filed. |
| Dec 10 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. |
| Dec 10 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Law filed. |
| Dec 10 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law filed. |
| Dec 21 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 19, 2016. |
| Jan 07 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Jan 07 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Retired Judges filed. |
| Feb 19 2016 | Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed. |
| Mar 07 2016 | Reply of petitioner Miguel Angel Pena-Rodriguez filed. |
| Mar 09 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 25, 2016. |
| Mar 28 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 1, 2016. |
| Apr 04 2016 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Apr 22 2016 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 23, 2016. |
| Apr 22 2016 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 29, 2016. |
| May 04 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| May 11 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Jun 23 2016 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Jun 23 2016 | Brief of petitioner Miguel Angel Pena-Rodriguez filed. |
| Jun 24 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of The United Mexican States filed. |
| Jun 30 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
| Jun 30 2016 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Jun 30 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders filed. |
| Jun 30 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Law filed. |
| Jun 30 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Cedric Merlin Powell filed. |
| Jun 30 2016 | Brief amici curiae of the Hispanic National Bar Association, et al. filed. |
| Jun 30 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law filed. |
| Jul 13 2016 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. |
| Jul 22 2016 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of Colorado. |
| Aug 19 2016 | CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 29 2016 | Brief of respondent Colorado filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 06 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 06 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Sep 06 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Colorado District Attorneys' Council filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 06 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 06 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 14 2016 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Colorado. 1 Envelope partially SEALED and electronic. |
| Sep 19 2016 | Reply of petitioner Miguel Angel Pena-Rodriguez filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 26 2016 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 11 2016 | Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. For respondent: Frederick R. Yarger, Solicitor General, Denver, Colo.; and Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Mar 06 2017 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J. and Thomas, J., joined. |
| Apr 07 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Apr 07 2017 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Record from the Supreme Court of Colorado has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Jeffrey L. Fisher Counsel of Record | Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305-8610 jlfisher@law.stanford.edu | (650) 724-7081 |
| Party name: Miguel Angel Pena-Rodriguez | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Frederick R. Yarger Counsel of Record | Solicitor General Colorado Judicial Center 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, CO 80203 fred.yarger@coag.gov | (720) 508-6168 |
| Party name: Colorado | ||
| Other | ||
| R. Reeves Anderson | Arnold & Porter LLP 370 Seventeenth Street Suite 4400 Denver, CO 80202 Reeves.Anderson@aporter.com | (303) 863-1000 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Junis L. Baldon | Frost Brown Todd LLC 400 West Market Street, 32nd Floor Louisville, KY 40202-3363 jbaldon@fbtlaw.com | (502) 589-5400 |
| Party name: Professor Cedric Merlin Powell | ||
| David A. Barrett | Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP 535 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 19922 dbarrett@bsfllp | (212) 446-2300 |
| Party name: Center for the Administration of Criminal Law | ||
| David A. Barrett | Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP 575 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 dbarrett@bsfllp.com | (212) 446-2300 |
| Party name: Center on the Administration of Criminal Law | ||
| William S. Consovoy | Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC 3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700 Arlington , VA 22201 will@consovoymccarthy.com | (703) 243-9423 |
| Party name: Colorado District Attorneys' Council | ||
| Thomas M. Fisher | Solicitor General IGC South, Fifth Floor 302 W. Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 Tom.Fisher@atg.in.gov | (317) 232-6255 |
| Party name: Indiana, et al. | ||
| Noel J. Francisco | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | (202) 514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Nancy Gertner | 51 Abbottsford Road Brookline, MA 02446 ngertner@law.harvard.edu | (617) 851-3812 |
| Party name: Retired Judges | ||
| Marc A. Goldman | Massey & Gail 1325 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 mgoldman@masseygail.com | (202) 652-4511 |
| Party name: Professors of Law | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | (202) 296-6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Matthew S. Hellman | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Ave., N.W, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 mhellman@jenner.com | (202) 639-6861 |
| Party name: National Association of Federal Defenders | ||
| Peter Karanjia | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 1919 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 peterkaranjia@dwt.com | (202) 973-4200 |
| Party name: the Hispanic National Bar Association, et al. | ||
| Rachel Peter Kovner | 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 rachel.kovner@usdoj.gov | (202) 514-8469 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Gregory J. Kuykendall | Kuykendall & Associates 531 South Convent Avenue Tucson, AZ 85701 greg@kuykendall-law.com | (520) 792-8033 |
| Party name: The United Mexican States | ||
| John Paul Schnapper-Casteras | NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund 1444 I Street NW Washington, DC 20005 jschnapper@naacpldf.org | (202) 682-1300 |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. | ||
| Virginia A. Seitz | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 vseitz@sidley.com | (202) 736-8000 |
| Party name: National Congress of American Indians | ||
| Kymberlee Claire Stapleton | Criminal Justice Legal Foundation 2131 L Street Sacramento, CA 95816 briefs@cjlf.org | 916-446-0345 |
| Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation | ||