| No. 08-987 | ||||
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| Docketed: | February 4, 2009 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (01-17176, 03-11087) |
| Decision Date: | June 4, 2008 |
| Rehearing Denied: | September 2, 2008 |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Nov 14 2008 | Application (08A435) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| Nov 18 2008 | Application (08A435) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 31, 2008. |
| Dec 16 2008 | Application (08A435) to extend further the time from December 31, 2008 to January 30, 2009, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| Dec 19 2008 | Application (08A435) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 30, 2009. |
| Jan 30 2009 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2009) |
| Jan 30 2009 | Appendix of petitioners filed. |
| Feb 9 2009 | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Feb 26 2009 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 6, 2009. |
| Mar 2 2009 | Brief amici curiae of National Lawyers Guild, et al. filed. |
| Mar 5 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of National Jury Project filed. |
| Mar 5 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Jose Ramos-Horta, et al. filed. |
| Mar 5 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsman, et al. filed. |
| Mar 6 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Dr. Nelson P. Valdes, et al. filed. |
| Mar 6 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law filed. |
| Mar 6 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Center for International Policy and the Council on Hemispheric Affairs filed. |
| Mar 6 2009 | Brief amici curiae of International Association of Democratic Lawyers, et al. filed. |
| Mar 6 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Miami Chapter filed. |
| Mar 6 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Mar 6 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Senate of the United Mexican States, et al. filed. |
| Apr 1 2009 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 6, 2009. |
| May 1 2009 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 22, 2009. |
| May 22 2009 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| May 26 2009 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 11, 2009. |
| May 27 2009 | Reply of petitioners Ruben Campa, Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez, and Luis Medina filed. |
| Jun 15 2009 | Petition DENIED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | ||
| Thomas C. Goldstein | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP | (202) 887-4060 |
| 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| tgoldstein@akingump.com | ||
| Party name: Ruben Campa, Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez, and Luis Medina | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
| Elena Kagan | Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| United States Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | ||
| Party name: United States | ||
| Other: | ||
| Michael Avery | Suffolk University Law School | (617) 573-8551 |
| 120 Tremont Street | ||
| Boston, MA 02108 | ||
| Party name: Senate of the United Mexican States, et al. | ||
| Aderson Bellegarde Francois | Associate Professor of Law | (202) 806-8065 |
| Supervising Attorney Civil Rights Clinic | ||
| Howard University School of Law | ||
| 2900 Van Ness Street NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20008 | ||
| Party name: Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law | ||
| Nancy Hollander | Freedman Boyd Daniels | (505) 842-9960 |
| Hollander & Goldberg, & Ives PA | ||
| 20 First Plaza, Suite 700 | ||
| Albuquerque, NM 87102 | ||
| Party name: Dr. Nelson P. Valdes, et al. | ||
| Jules Lobel | Center for Constitutional Rights | (412) 648-1375 |
| 3900 Forbes Ave. | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA 15260 | ||
| Party name: Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsman, et al. | ||
| Thomas M. Meyer | Law Office of Thomas M. Meyer | (510)-832-3400 |
| 2831 Telegraph Avenue | ||
| Oakland, CA 94609 | ||
| tommeyer@earthlink.net | ||
| Party name: National Jury Project | ||
| Jeanne Mirer | Eisner & Mirer PC | (212) 473-8700 |
| 113 University Place | ||
| 8th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10003 | ||
| Party name: International Association of Democratic Lawyers, et al. | ||
| Robert L. Muse | 1320 19th Street, NW, Suite M-2 | (202)-887-4990 |
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| Party name: Center for International Policy and the Council on Hemisphere Affairs | ||
| Michael David Ratner | Center for Constitutional Rights | 03052009 |
| 666 Broadway | ||
| New York, NY 10012 | ||
| Party name: Jose Ramos Horta, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey W. Sarles | Mayer Brown LLP | (312) 782-0600 |
| 71 South Wacker Drive | ||
| Chicago, IL 60606 | ||
| jsarles@mayerbrown.com | ||
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Benjamin S. Waxman | Robbins, Tunkey, Ross Amsel Raben & Waxman PA | (305) 858-9550 |
| 2250 Southwest Third Avenue | ||
| Fourth Floor | ||
| Miami, FL 33129 | ||
| benjiwaxman@aol.com | ||
| Party name: Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Miami Chapter | ||
| Zachary Wolfe | Professor | (202) 994-3053 |
| The George Washington University | ||
| 801 22nd Street, NW | ||
| Rome Hall 557 | ||
| Washington, DC 20052 | ||
| zwolfe@gwu.edu | ||
| Party name: National Lawyers Guild, et al. | ||