| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Aug 4 2003 |
Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 3, 2003) |
| Aug 11 2003 |
Waiver of right of respondent Carlos Dominguez Benitez to respond filed. |
| Aug 27 2003 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2003. |
| Sep 4 2003 |
Response Requested . (Due October 6, 2003) |
| Sep 30 2003 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 4, 2003. |
| Nov 3 2003 |
Response to petition from respondent Carlos Dominguez Benitez filed. |
| Nov 18 2003 |
Reply of petitioner United States filed. |
| Nov 19 2003 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2003. |
| Dec 8 2003 |
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Jan 7 2004 |
Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent. |
| Jan 9 2004 |
Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including January 29, 2004. |
| Jan 21 2004 |
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2004. |
| Jan 29 2004 |
Joint appendix filed. |
| Jan 29 2004 |
Brief of petitioner United States filed. |
| Feb 19 2004 |
Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including March 11, 2004. |
| Feb 23 2004 |
Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent GRANTED. Myra D. Mossman, Esq., of Santa Barbara, California is appointed to serve as counsel for the respondent in this case. |
| Mar 2 2004 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2004. |
| Mar 11 2004 |
Brief amicus curiae of Arnaldo Vicente Infante-Cabrera filed. |
| Mar 11 2004 |
Brief of respondent Carlos Dominguez Benitez filed. |
| Mar 16 2004 |
Record received from U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit and U.S.D.C. Central District of California. (1 box) |
| Mar 23 2004 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Apr 13 2004 |
Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 21 2004 |
Argued. For petitioner: Dan Himmelfarb, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Myra D. Mossman, Santa Barbara, Cal. (Appointed by this Court.) |
| Jun 14 2004 |
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. |
| Jul 16 2004 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 3 2004 |
Acknowledgment of receipt (07/22/04) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit received. |