No. 09-1233
Vide 09-1232
Title:
Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al., Appellants
v.
Marciano Plata, et al.
Docketed:April 14, 2010
Linked with 09A849
Lower Ct:United States District Courts for the Eastern District and the Northern District of California
  Case Nos.:(CIV S-90-0520 LKK JFM P, C01-1351 TEH )
  Decision Date:January 12, 2010
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 22 2010 Docket Sheet received from U.S.D.C. for Northern District of California. (1 envelope)
Mar 11 2010 Application (09A849) to extend the time to file a jurisdictional statement on appeal from March 20, 2010 to April 12, 2010, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Mar 15 2010 Application (09A849) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until April 12, 2010.
Apr 12 2010 Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due May 14, 2010)
May 14 2010 Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by Coleman Plaintiffs-Appellees. VIDED.
May 14 2010 Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by Plata Appellees. VIDED.
May 14 2010 Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellee Intervenor California Correctional Peace Officers' Association. VIDED.
May 24 2010 Consolidated opposition of appellants to appellees' motions to dismiss or affirm filed. (Distributed)
May 25 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 10, 2010.
Jun 14 2010 Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits.
Jul 2 2010 The Clerk has approved use of the deferred joint appendix method.
Jul 6 2010 The time to file appellants' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2010.
Jul 6 2010 The time to file appellees' briefs on the merits is extended to and including October 25, 2010.
Jul 6 2010 Counsel for the appellants agrees to file a reply brief on the merits, if any, on or before November 19, 2010.
Jul 21 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for appellees, counsel for the appellants, and counsel for appellee intervenor.
Aug 24 2010 Record received from U.S.D.C. for Northern District of California (7 boxes). There are sealed documents in this record.
Aug 25 2010 Record received from U.S.D.C. for Eastern District of California. (22 boxes)
Aug 27 2010 Brief of appellees California State Republican Legislator Intervenors, et al. filed.
Aug 27 2010 Brief of appellants Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2010 Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce filed.
Sep 3 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 7 2010 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, November 30, 2010.
Sep 27 2010 CIRCULATED
Oct 25 2010 Brief of Coleman Appellees filed. (Distributed)
Oct 25 2010 *Brief of Coleman Appellees, footnote 1, p. 4, refers to jurisdictional statement appendix in Case No. 416, filed October 5, 2009.
Oct 25 2010 Brief of appellee Appellee Intervenor California Correctional Peace Officers' Association filed. (Distributed)
Oct 25 2010 Brief of appellees Plata Appellees filed. (Distributed)
Oct 26 2010 Trial exhibits received from counsel. (There are sealed documents in these exhibits)
Oct 29 2010 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 1 2010 Brief amici curiae of American Psychiatric Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 1 2010 Motion for leave to file amici brief out of time filed by J. Clark Kelso, Receiver for Medical Healthcare for the California State Prisons.
Nov 1 2010 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)
Nov 1 2010 Brief amici curiae of Prison Fellowship, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 1 2010 Brief amici curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law and 30 Criminologists filed. (Distributed)
Nov 1 2010 Joint motion of appellees for divided argument filed.
Nov 1 2010 Brief amici curiae of American Public Health Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 1 2010 Brief amici curiae of Corrections and Law Enforcement Personnel filed. (Distributed)
Nov 8 2010 Joint appendix filed (6 volumes). (Statement of costs filed). (Distributed)
Nov 10 2010 Application (10A483) of appellants for leave to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Nov 12 2010 Application (10A483) of appellants for leave to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit granted by Justice Kennedy .
Nov 15 2010 Motion of appellees for divided argument DENIED. An additional ten minutes are allotted to each side for oral argument.
Nov 19 2010 Reply of appellants Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 19 2010 Reply of Intervenors filed. (Distributed)
Nov 23 2010 Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by J. Clark Kelso, Receiver for Medical Healthcare for the California State Prisons GRANTED.
Nov 30 2010 Argued. For appellants: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C. For appellees: Donald Specter, Berkeley, Cal.
Apr 22 2011 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by appellants Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al. (Distributed)
Apr 25 2011 Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by appellees Plata and Coleman Appellees. (Distributed)
May 2 2011 Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by appellants GRANTED.
May 2 2011 Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by appellees GRANTED.
May 23 2011 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., joined.
Jun 24 2011 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 27 2011 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Eastern District of California.
Jun 27 2011 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Northern District of California.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Appellants:
Carter G. Phillips Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8270
    Counsel of Record1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cphillips@sidley.com
Party name: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al.
Attorneys for Appellees:
Paul D. Clement Bancroft PLLC(202) 234-0090
    Counsel of Record1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 470
Washington, DC  20036
pclement@bancroftpllc.com
Party name: Coleman Plaintiffs-Appellees
 
Laurie J. Hepler Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP(415) 743-2218
    Counsel of Record44 Montgomery Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA  94104
lhepler@cbmlaw.com
Party name: Appellee Intervenor California Correctional Peace Officers' Association
 
Donald Specter Prison Law Office(510) 280-2621
    Counsel of Record1917 Fifth Street
Berkeley, CA  94710
dspecter@prisonlaw.com
Party name: Plata Appellees
 
Steven S. Kaufhold Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP(415) 765-9500
580 California Street, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA  94104
skaufhold@akingump.com
Party name: California State Republican Legislator Intervenors, et al.
Other:
Lisa S. Blatt Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5000
555 12th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
Lisa.Blatt@aporter.com
Party name: American Public Health Association, et al.
 
William A. Burck Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP(202) 682-7000
1300 I Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC  20005
bill.burck@weil.com
Party name: Corrections and Law Enforcement Personnel
 
Ronald Eisenberg Deputy District Attorney(215) 686-5700
District Attorney's Office
Three South Penn Square
Philadelphia, PA  19107-3499
ronald.eisenberg@phila.gov
Party name: Louisiana, et al.
 
David C. Fathi National Prison Project(202) 393-4930
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
915 15th St., NW., 7th Fl.
Washington, DC  20005
dfathi@npp-aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
 
George C. Harris Morrison & Foerster LLP(415) 268-7328
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA  94105
gharris@mofo.com
Party name: J. Clark Kelso, Receiver for Medical Healthcare for the California State Prisons
 
Steven A. Herum Herum Crabtree(209) 472-7700
2291 W. March lane, B100
Stockton, CA  95207
sherum@herumcrabtree.com
Party name: Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce
 
Aaron M. Panner Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.(202) 326-7900
1615 M Street, N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, DC  20036
apanner@khhte.com
Party name: American Psychiatric Association, et al.
 
John C. Rozendaal Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.(202) 326-7900
1615 M Street, NW Suite 400
Washington, DC  20036
Party name: Center on the Administration of Criminal Law and 30 Criminologists
 
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
 
James Stewart 65 Livingston Ave. (973)-597-2522
Roseland, NJ  07068
jstewart@lowenstein.com
Party name: Prison Fellowship, et al.
 
Stephen N. Zack President(312) 988-5000
American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60654-7598
abapresident@abanet.org
Party name: American Bar Association