No. 14-10154
Title:
Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III, Petitioners
v.
United States
Docketed:June 9, 2015
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  Case Nos.:(12-1213, 12-1216)
  Decision Date:January 30, 2015
  Rehearing Denied:March 31, 2015
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 4 2015 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 9, 2015)
Jul 1 2015 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 10, 2015.
Aug 3 2015 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including September 9, 2015.
Sep 9 2015 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Sep 14 2015 Reply of petitioners Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III filed.
Sep 24 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 9, 2015.
Oct 13 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 16, 2015.
Oct 26 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 30, 2015.
Oct 30 2015 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Nov 18 2015 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioners Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III.
Dec 2 2015 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.
Dec 11 2015 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including December 17, 2015.
Dec 17 2015 Brief of petitioners Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III filed.
Dec 17 2015 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Dec 21 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party received from counsel for petitioners Voisine and Armstrong.
Dec 23 2015 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 29, 2016
Dec 23 2015 Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners Foundation, et al. filed.
Jan 4 2016 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.
Jan 11 2016 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioners GRANTED, and Virginia G. Villa, Esq., of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioners in this case.
Jan 12 2016 Record received from the U.S D.C District of Main The record is electronic and located on PACER, with the exception of SEALED records contained in 1 envelope.
Jan 15 2016 CIRCULATED.
Jan 19 2016 Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
Jan 25 2016 Brief amici curiae of National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 25 2016 Brief amici curiae of Major Cities Chiefs and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers filed.
Jan 26 2016 Brief amici curiae of National Domestic Violence Hotline, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 26 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Everytown for Gun Safety filed. (Distributed)
Jan 26 2016 Brief amici curiae of Child Justice, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 26 2016 Brief amici curiae of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 26 2016 Brief amici curiae of Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 18 2016 Reply of petitioners Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III filed. (Distributed)
Feb 29 2016 Argued. For petitioners: Virginia G. Villa, St. Croix Falls, Wis. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondent: Ilana H. Eisenstein, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 27 2016 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined as to Parts I and II.
Jul 26 2016 Records from U.S.D.C. Dist. of Maine has been returned.
Jul 29 2016 JUDGMENT ISSUED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Virginia G. Villa 2689 230th Avenue(207) 745-6156
    Counsel of RecordSt. Croix Falls, WI  54024
villa_virginia@hotmail.com
Party name: Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III
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
 
Ilana Hope Eisenstein 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 202-307-3933
Washington, DC  20530
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
Other:
Jonathan L. Diesenhaus Hogan Lovells, US LLP(202) 637-5600
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
jonathan.diesenhaus@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Child Justice, Inc., et al.
 
Anna P. Engh Covington & Burling, LLP(202) 662-6000
One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001
aengh@cov.com
Party name: Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al.
 
Gregory G. Little White & Case LLP(212) 819-8200
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036
glittle@whitecase.com
Party name: Major Cities Chiefs and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers
 
Laurel Pyke Malson Crowell Moring, LLP(202) 624-2500
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
lmalson@crowell.com
Party name: National Domestic Violence Hotline, et al.
 
Mary Kathryn Nagle Pipestem Law PC(202) 407-0591
1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
mknagle@pipestemlaw.com
Party name: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, et al.
 
Antonio Jorge Perez-Marques Davis, Polk & Wardwell, LLP212-450-4559
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY  10017
antonio.perez@davispolk.com
Party name: Everytown for Gun Safety
 
Christine Anne Scheuneman Pillsbury Winthrop Pittman Shaw LLP213-488-700
725 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2800
Los Angeles, CA  90017-5406
christine.scheuneman@pillsburylaw.com
Party name: Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, et al.
 
Herbert W. Titus William J. Olson, PC(703) 356-5070
370 Maple Avenue West
Suite 4
Vienna, VA  22180 - 5615
wjo@mindspring.com
Party name: Gun Owners Foundation, et al.