| No. 21-846 *** CAPITAL CASE *** | |
| Title: | John Montenegro Cruz, Petitioner v. Arizona |
| Docketed: | December 7, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Arizona |
| Case Numbers: | (CR-17-0567-PC) |
| Decision Date: | June 4, 2021 |
| Rehearing Denied: | June 23, 2021 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Nov 22 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2022) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 16 2021 | Waiver of Arizona filed 12/16/21 removed from docket. (See Rule 15.1) |
| Dec 20 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2022 to February 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Dec 21 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 7, 2022. |
| Jan 06 2022 | Amicus brief of LatinoJustice PRLDEF not accepted for filing. (January 07, 2022 - correct pdf to be re-efiled) |
| Jan 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of LatinoJustice PRLDEF filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Jan 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Habeas Scholars filed. |
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| Feb 04 2022 | Brief of respondent Arizona in opposition filed. |
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| Feb 22 2022 | Reply of petitioner John Montenegro Cruz filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 23 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022. |
| Mar 21 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022. |
| Mar 28 2022 | Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether the Arizona Supreme Court’s holding that Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1(g) precluded post-conviction relief is an adequate and independent state-law ground for the judgment. |
| Apr 07 2022 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Apr 28 2022 | 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 June 13, 2022. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 12, 2022. |
| Jun 06 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, John Montenegro Cruz |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jun 13 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Arizona |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jun 13 2022 | Brief of petitioner John Montenegro Cruz filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jun 13 2022 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Jun 21 2022 | Amicus brief of Habeas Scholars not accepted for filing. (June 22, 2022) |
| Jun 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Ohio Justice & Policy Center and Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jun 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jun 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jun 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Arizona Capital Representation Project, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jun 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 03 2022 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, November 1, 2022. |
| Aug 12 2022 | Brief of respondent Arizona filed. |
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| Aug 19 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Jonathan F. Mitchell, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 31 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Sep 12 2022 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of Arizona. |
| Sep 12 2022 | Reply of petitioner John Montenegro Cruz filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 11 2022 | Record received from the Superior Court of the State of Arizona (Pima County) 1 Box. Part of the record has been electronically filed. |
| Nov 01 2022 | Argued. For petitioner: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Joseph A. Kanefield, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Dec 07 2022 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Arizona (3 boxes and the electronic record). |
| Feb 22 2023 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. |
| Mar 27 2023 | Judgment and mandate issued. |
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| Apr 25 2023 | Record returned to the Supreme Court of Arizona (3 boxes and the electronic record). |
| Apr 26 2023 | Record returned to the Superior Court of the State of Arizona (Pima County) 1 Box. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Neal Kumar Katyal Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com | 202 637 5528 |
| Party name: John Montenegro Cruz | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Jeffrey Lee Sparks Counsel of Record | Arizona Attorney General 2005 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 jeffrey.sparks@azag.gov | 602-542-4686 |
| Party name: State of Arizona | ||
| Joseph Andrew Kanefield | Arizona Attorney General's Off 2005 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 Joe.Kanefield@azag.gov | 602-542-8080 |
| Party name: State of Arizona | ||
| Other | ||
| Elizabeth Graber Bentley Counsel of Record | University of Minnesota Law School Civil Rights Appellate Clinic 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 ebentley@umn.edu | 612-625-7809 |
| Party name: Arizona Capital Representation Project and Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice | ||
| Michael Evan Bern Counsel of Record | Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004-1304 michael.bern@lw.com | 202-637-2200 |
| Party name: Ohio Justice & Policy Center and Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center | ||
| Melanie Lynn Bostwick Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1152 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 mbostwick@orrick.com | 202-339-8483 |
| Party name: Federal Courts Scholars | ||
| Melanie Lynn Bostwick Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1152 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 mbostwick@orrick.com | 202-339-8483 |
| Party name: Habeas Scholars | ||
| Noah Adam Levine Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP 7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 noah.levine@wilmerhale.com | 212-230-8800 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Civil Liberties Union, and American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona | ||
| Adam Karl Mortara Counsel of Record | Lawfair LLC 40 Burton Hills Boulevard Suite 200 Nashville, TN 37215 mortara@lawfairllc.com | 773 750 7154 |
| Party name: Jonathan F. Mitchell and Adam K. Mortara | ||
| Bruce H. Schneider Counsel of Record | Stroock Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038 bschneider@stroock.com | (212) 806-5400 |
| Party name: LatinoJustice PRLDEF, et al. | ||