No. 05-8794     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Clarence E. Hill, Petitioner
v.
James R. McDonough, Interim Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
Docketed:January 24, 2006
Linked with 05A676
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(06-10621)
  Decision Date:January 24, 2006
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 24 2006 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 23, 2006)
Jan 24 2006 Application (05A676) for a stay of execution, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Jan 24 2006 Brief of respondent James V. Crosby, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed. (Distributed)
Jan 24 2006 Application for stay (05A676) granted by Justice Kennedy pending further order of Justice Kennedy or of the Court.
Jan 25 2006 The motion to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The brief of petitioner is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, March 6, 2006. The brief of respondents is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, April 3, 2006. The reply brief, if any, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, April 17, 2006.
Jan 25 2006 Application (05A676) referred to the Court by Justice Kennedy.
Jan 25 2006 Application (05A676) granted by the Court.
Mar 3 2006 Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Advocates, et al. filed.
Mar 6 2006 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 26, 2006.
Mar 6 2006 Brief amici curiae of Kevin Concannon, Dennis Geiser and Glen Pettifer filed.
Mar 6 2006 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Bradley A. MacLean and William P. Redick. (Distributed)
Mar 6 2006 Joint appendix filed.
Mar 6 2006 Brief of petitioner Clarence E. Hill filed.
Mar 6 2006 Brief amicus curiae of New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty filed.
Mar 6 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Darick Demorris Walker filed.
Mar 6 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Habeas Corpus Resource Center filed.
Mar 6 2006 Brief amici curiae of Physicians for Human Rights, et al. filed.
Mar 10 2006 Letter proposing a lodging received from counsel for amicus curiae New Jerseyans for Alternatives to Death Penalty.
Mar 17 2006 CIRCULATED.
Mar 20 2006 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Bradley A. MacLean and William P. Redick GRANTED.
Mar 28 2006 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Mar 31 2006 Brief of respondents James R. McDonough, Interim Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 3 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Apr 3 2006 Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 3 2006 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Apr 3 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Apr 12 2006 Additional record received from U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Florida. (3 boxes)
Apr 12 2006 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Clarence E. Hill.
Apr 14 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 17 2006 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2006.
Apr 17 2006 Reply of petitioner Clarence E. Hill filed. (Distributed)
Apr 24 2006 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. D. Todd Doss, Esquire, of Lake City, Florida is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.
Apr 26 2006 Argued. For petitioner: D. Todd Doss, Lake City, Fla. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondents: Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Tallahassee, Fla.; and Kannon K. Shanmugam, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 12 2006 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jul 14 2006 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 25 2006 Acknowledgement of receipt (07/17/06) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit received.
Jan 26 2007 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit.
Aug 14 2007 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Florida.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
D. Todd Doss Hunt & Doss(386) 758-6800
PO Box 3006
654 Southeast Baya Drive
Lake City, FL  32056-3006
Party name: Clarence E. Hill
Attorneys for Respondent:
Carolyn M. Snurkowski Associate Deputy Attorney General(850) 414-3300
Office of the Attorney General
Capital Appeals
The Capitol, PL-01
Tallahassee, FL  32399-1050
carolyn.snurkowski@myfloridalegal.com
Party name: James R. McDonough, Interim Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
Other:
Paul D. Clement Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Constance De la Vega University of San Francisco School of Law(415) 422-2296
Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA  94117
delavega@usfca.edu
Party name: Human Rights Advocates, et al.
 
Paul F. Enzinna Baker Botts LLP(202) 639-7700
1299 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20004-2400
Party name: Physicians for Human Rights, et al.
 
John J. Gibbons Gibbons PC(973) 596-4500
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ  07102
jgibbons@gibbonslaw.com
Party name: New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
 
Amy Howe Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C.(301) 941-1913
7272 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 300
Bethesda, MD  20814
ahowe@ghrfirm.com
Party name: Bradley A. MacLean and William P. Redick
 
Kevin C. Newsom Solicitor General(334) 242-7401
Office of Attorney General
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL  36130
Party name: Alabama, et al.
 
David W. Ogden Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6440
1875 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20006
david.ogden@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Darick Demorris Walker
 
Charles J. Press Habeas Corpus Resource Center(415) 348-3800
50 Fremont Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA  94105
Party name: Habeas Corpus Resource Center
 
Ira S. Sacks Dreier LLP(212) 328-6100
499 Park Avenue
New York, NY  10022
Party name: Kevin Concannon, Dennis Geiser and Glen Pettifer
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
Kannon K. Shanmugam Assistant to the Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Clarence E. Hill v. James R. McDonough, Interim Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.