No. 13-9026
Title:
Larry Whitfield, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed:March 7, 2014
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(12-4956)
  Decision Date:December 10, 2013
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 7 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2014)
Mar 31 2014 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 7, 2014.
May 7 2014 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
May 21 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 5, 2014.
Jun 9 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.
Jun 16 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014.
Jun 23 2014 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Jul 22 2014 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 22, 2014.
Jul 22 2014 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 7, 2014.
Aug 22 2014 Joint appendix filed.
Aug 22 2014 Brief of petitioner Larry Whitfield filed.
Aug 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Aug 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of The Center on the Administration of Criminal Law filed.
Sep 4 2014 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 2, 2014.
Sep 22 2014 Record requested from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
Sep 23 2014 Record received from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, part of the record is SEALED.
Oct 7 2014 Brief of respondent the United States filed.
Oct 27 2014 CIRCULATED.
Nov 6 2014 Reply of petitioner Larry Whitfield filed. (Distributed)
Dec 2 2014 Argued. For petitioner: Joshua B. Carpenter, Asheville, N. C. For respondent: Brian H. Fletcher, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jan 13 2015 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Feb 18 2015 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Joshua B. Carpenter Federal Defenders of Wester N.C., Inc.(828) 232-9992
    Counsel of RecordOne Page Avenue, Suite 210
Asheville, NC  28801
joshua_carpenter@fd.org
Party name: Larry Whitfield
Attorneys for Respondent:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Brian Halligan Fletcher 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 5619 202-514-3344
Washington, DC  20530
Brian.Fletcher@usdoj.gov
Party name: United States
Other:
Jeffrey T. Green Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8000
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
jgreen@sidley.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Thomas G. Saunders Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP(202) 663-6536
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20006
thomas.saunders@wilmerhale.com
Party name: The Center on the Administration of Criminal Law