| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jul 28 2006 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2006) |
| Aug 17 2006 |
Memorandum of respondent United States filed. |
| Aug 31 2006 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006. |
| Sep 1 2006 |
Reply of petitioner Victor A. Rita filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 18 2006 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006. |
| Oct 11 2006 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 27, 2006. |
| Oct 30 2006 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 3, 2006. |
| Nov 3 2006 |
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following Questions: 1) Was the district court's choice of within-Guidelines sentence reasonable? 2) In making that determination, is it consistent with United States v. Booker, 543 U. S. 220 (2005), to accord a presumption of reasonableness to within-Guidelines sentences? 3) If so, can that presumption justify a sentence imposed without an explicit analysis by the district court of the 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3553(a) factors and any other factors that might justify a lesser sentence?. |
| Dec 6 2006 |
Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 20, 2007. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal. filed by petitioner Victor A. Rita. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Families Against Mandatory Minimums filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of New York Council of Defense Lawyers
filed. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Brief of petitioner Victor A. Rita filed. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Joint appendix Volume I filed. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Who Study Sentencing Reform filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Federal Public and Community Defenders, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 18 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Marc Miller, et al. filed. |
| Dec 20 2006 |
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 5, 2007. |
| Jan 5 2007 |
Supplemental Volume to the joint appendix filed. |
| Jan 8 2007 |
Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal. GRANTED. |
| Jan 8 2007 |
Record received from U.S.C.A. for 4th Circuit. (1 envelope). |
| Jan 10 2007 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 10 2007 |
Record received from U.S.D.C. for Western District of North Carolina. ( 1 envelope)
A portion of this record is sealed. |
| Jan 22 2007 |
Brief amicus curiae of United States Sentencing Commission filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 22 2007 |
Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 9 2007 |
Reply of petitioner Victor A. Rita filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 20 2007 |
Argued. For petitioner: Thomas N. Cochran, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, N.C. For respondent: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. |
| Apr 11 2007 |
Statement of costs for printing received. |
| Jun 21 2007 |
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined as to Part III. Stevens, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined as to all but Part II. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jul 16 2007 |
Petition for Rehearing filed. |
| Jul 26 2007 |
DISTRIBUTED. |
| Aug 20 2007 |
Rehearing DENIED. |
| Aug 20 2007 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 31 2007 |
Acknowledgement of receipt (08/24/07) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit received. |
| Oct 17 2007 |
Record returned to the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit. |
| Oct 17 2007 |
Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Western District of North Carolnina. |