| No. 21-499 | |
| Title: | Carlos Vega, Petitioner v. Terence B. Tekoh |
| Docketed: | October 4, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (18-56414) |
| Decision Date: | January 15, 2021 |
| Rehearing Denied: | June 3, 2021 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 01 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2021) |
| PetitionOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 29 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent Terence B. Tekoh to respond filed. |
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| Nov 02 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021. |
| Nov 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 03 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Police Organizations filed. |
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| Nov 04 2021 | Response Requested. (Due December 6, 2021) |
| Dec 06 2021 | Brief of respondent Terence B. Tekoh in opposition filed. |
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| Dec 22 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022. |
| Dec 22 2021 | Reply of petitioner Carlos Vega filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 10 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022. |
| Jan 14 2022 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 16 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Terence B. Tekoh |
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| Feb 16 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Carlos Vega |
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| Feb 28 2022 | Brief of petitioner Carlos Vega filed. |
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| Feb 28 2022 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Mar 07 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Mar 07 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Local Government Organizations (IMLA) filed. |
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| Mar 07 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Police Organizations filed. |
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| Mar 07 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 08 2022 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed. |
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| Mar 15 2022 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, April 20, 2022. |
| Mar 16 2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Mar 17 2022 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, with the exception of one Sealed document that has been electronically filed. |
| Mar 23 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 30 2022 | Brief of respondent Terence B. Tekoh filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 04 2022 | Brief amici curiae of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and Professor Charles D. Weisselberg filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of False Confession and Wrongful Conviction Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union and Cato Institute filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Historians of Criminal Procedure filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of The National Police Accountability Project filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2022 | Reply of petitioner Carlos Vega filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED. |
| Apr 20 2022 | Argued. For petitioner: Roman Martinez, Washington, D. C.; and Vivek Suri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Paul L. Hoffman, Hermosa Beach, Cal. |
| Jun 23 2022 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. |
| Jul 25 2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Roman Martinez V Counsel of Record | Latham & Watkins, LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 roman.martinez@lw.com | 202-637-3377 |
| Party name: Carlos Vega | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Paul Lindsey Hoffman Counsel of Record | Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes LLP 200 Pier Ave. Suite 226 Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 hoffpaul@aol.com | 3107177373 |
| Party name: Terence B. Tekoh | ||
| Other | ||
| Steven Edwards Art Counsel of Record | Loevy & Loevy 311 N. Aberdeen St., 3rd Fl. Chicago, IL 60607 steve@loevy.com | 312-243-5900 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| James Patrick Davy Counsel of Record | All Rise Trial & Appellate P.O. Box 15216 Philadelphia, PA 19125 jimdavy@allriselaw.org | (215) 792-3579 |
| Party name: The National Police Accountability Project | ||
| Drew Curtis Ensign Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 2005 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 drew.ensign@azag.gov | 602-542-5025 |
| Party name: Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia | ||
| Drew Curtis Ensign Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 2005 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 drew.ensign@azag.gov | 602-542-5025 |
| Party name: State of Arizona, et al. | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Jeffrey Matthew Harris Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Blvd. Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 jeff@consovoymccarthy.com | 202-321-4120 |
| Party name: National Association of Police Organizations | ||
| Brett Max Kaufman Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 bkaufman@aclu.org | 2125492603 |
| Party name: The American Civil Liberties Union and Cato Institute | ||
| Wesley M. Oliver Counsel of Record | Duquesne University School of Law 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15282 oliverw@duq.edu | 617-909-9849 |
| Party name: Historians of Criminal Procedure | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | 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 | ||
| Charles Harker Rhodes IV Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 harker.rhodes@kirkland.com | (202) 389-5000 |
| Party name: Local Government Organizations (IMLA) | ||
| Dan Stormer Counsel of Record | Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP 128 N. Fair Oaks Avenue Pasadena, CA 91103 dstormer@hadsellstormer.com | (626) 585-9600 |
| Party name: False Confession and Wrongful Conviction Scholars | ||
| Charles David Weisselberg Counsel of Record | University of California School of Law Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 cdw@berkeley.edu | 510-643-8159 |
| Party name: California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and Professor Charles D. Weisselberg | ||