| No. 20-7622 | |
| Title: | Merle Denezpi, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docketed: | March 31, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-1213) |
| Decision Date: | October 28, 2020 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 26 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2021) |
| Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 05 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Apr 08 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021. |
| Apr 19 2021 | Response Requested. (Due May 19, 2021) |
| May 12 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 19, 2021 to June 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| May 13 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 18, 2021. |
| Jun 15 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 18, 2021 to July 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jun 16 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 19, 2021. |
| Jul 19 2021 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
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| Aug 05 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021. |
| Oct 04 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021. |
| Oct 12 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021. |
| Oct 18 2021 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. |
| Nov 18 2021 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Nov 18 2021 | Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 7, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 11, 2022. |
| Dec 07 2021 | Brief of petitioner Merle Denezpi filed. |
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| Dec 07 2021 | Joint appendix filed (statement of cost filed.) |
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| Dec 14 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
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| Dec 17 2021 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, February 22, 2022. |
| Dec 21 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 10th Circuit. |
| Jan 11 2022 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
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| Jan 18 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of National Indigenous Women's Resource Center and the National Congress of American Indians filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Former United States Attorneys John C. Anderson, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Federal Indian Law Scholars and Historians filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of States of Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, and Utah filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 09 2022 | Reply of petitioner Merle Denezpi filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 22 2022 | Argued. For petitioner: Michael B. Kimberly, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Erica L. Ross, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Feb 23 2022 | Letter of the Solicitor General correcting a statement made by counsel for the government at oral argument filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 13 2022 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., joined as to Parts I and III. |
| Jul 15 2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Michael B. Kimberly Counsel of Record | McDermott Will & Emery LLP 500 North Capitol Street NW The McDermott Building Washington, DC 20001 mkimberly@mwe.com | (202) 756-8901 |
| Party name: Merle Denezpi | ||
| Theresa M. Duncan | Duncan Earnest LLC P.O. Box 2769 Santa Fe, NM 87504 teri@duncanearnest.com | 5057106586 |
| Party name: Merle Denezpi | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Other | ||
| Ian Heath Gershengorn Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block 1099 New York Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 IGershengorn@jenner.com | 202-639-6000 |
| Party name: Federal Indian Law Scholars and Historians | ||
| Keith James Hilzendeger Counsel of Record | Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona 850 West Adams Street Suite 201 Phoenix, AZ 85007 keith_hilzendeger@fd.org | 6023822781 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Mary Kathryn Nagle Counsel of Record | Pipestem and Nagle Law PC 401 S. Boston Ave Suite 2200 Tulsa, OK 74103 mknagle@pipestemlaw.com | 2024070591 |
| Party name: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center and the National Congress of American Indians | ||
| Eric Reuel Olson Counsel of Record | Solicitor General 1300 Broadway 10th Floor Denver, CO 80203 eric.olson@coag.gov | 7205086548 |
| Party name: States of Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, and Utah | ||
| Robert Trent Shores Counsel of Record | GableGotwals 110 North Elgin, Suite 200 Tulsa, OK 74137 tshores@gablelaw.com | 918-595-4800 |
| Party name: Former United States Attorneys John C. Anderson, et al. | ||
| Jennifer H. Weddle Counsel of Record | Greenberg Traurig 1144 15th Street, Ste. 3300 Suite 3300 Denver, CO 80202 weddlej@gtlaw.com | 3035726565 |
| Party name: Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians | ||