| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Sep 15 2006 |
Application (06A304) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 5, 2006 to November 4, 2006, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Sep 19 2006 |
Application (06A304) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 4, 2006. |
| Oct 31 2006 |
Application (06A304) to extend further the time from November 4, 2006 to November 22, 2006, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Nov 1 2006 |
Application (06A304) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 22, 2006. |
| Nov 22 2006 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 27, 2006) |
| Dec 4 2006 |
Memorandum of respondent United States filed. |
| Dec 14 2006 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 5, 2007. |
| Jun 4 2007 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 7, 2007. |
| Jun 11 2007 |
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. |
| Jun 29 2007 |
Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Brian Michael Gall. |
| Jul 9 2007 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either or neither party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Jul 11 2007 |
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2007. |
| Jul 18 2007 |
Joint appendix filed. Volume 1. (Statement of costs received) |
| Jul 18 2007 |
Brief of petitioner Brian Michael Gall filed. |
| Jul 18 2007 |
Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Brian Michael Gall. (Distributed) |
| Jul 26 2007 |
Brief amicus curiae of New York Council of Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Jul 26 2007 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 26 2007 |
Brief amici curiae of Federal Public and Community Defenders, et al. filed. |
| Jul 26 2007 |
Brief amicus curiae of Families Against Mandatory Minimums filed. |
| Jul 26 2007 |
Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Aug 8 2007 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 8 2007 |
Record received from U.S.C.A. for Eighth Circuit. (1 envelope) The U.S.D.C. for the Southern District of Iowa record is electronically filed. (There are sealed documents in the U.S.D.C. record). |
| Aug 14 2007 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT Tuesday, October 2, 2007. |
| Aug 20 2007 |
Motion to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED. |
| Aug 22 2007 |
Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 25 2007 |
Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Jeffrey T. Green, Esquire, of Washington, D. C. is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. |
| Sep 25 2007 |
Reply brief on the merits of petitioner Brian Michael Gall filed. |
| Oct 2 2007 |
Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey T. Green, Washington, D.C. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondent: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. |
| Dec 10 2007 |
Judgment REVERSED. Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., and Souter, J., filed concurring opinions. Thomas, J., and Alito, J., filed dissenting opinions. |
| Jan 11 2008 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |