No. 05-1629
Title:
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Petitioner
v.
Luis Alexander Duenas-Alvarez
Docketed:June 23, 2006
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(04-74471)
  Decision Date:April 18, 2006
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 22 2006 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2006)
Jul 12 2006 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 23, 2006.
Aug 23 2006 Brief of respondent Luis Alexander Duenas-Alvarez in opposition filed.
Sep 6 2006 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006.
Sep 6 2006 Reply of petitioner Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
Sep 26 2006 Petition GRANTED.
Sep 26 2006 The brief of petitioner is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Thursday, October 26, 2006. The brief of respondent is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, November 20, 2006. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, November 27, 2006.
Sep 29 2006 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, December 5, 2006.
Oct 10 2006 Record received from U.S.C.A for the Ninth Circuit. (1 envelope)
Oct 16 2006 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner the Solicitor General.
Oct 18 2006 Record received from U.S.Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals. (1 envelope).
Oct 26 2006 Brief of petitioner Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General filed.
Oct 30 2006 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Oct 30 2006 CIRCULATED.
Nov 20 2006 Brief of respondent Luis Alexander Duenas-Alvarez filed.
Nov 20 2006 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by California Public Defenders Association. (Distributed)
Nov 20 2006 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Professors of Criminal Law. (Distributed)
Nov 20 2006 Brief amicus curiae of National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild filed. (Distributed)
Nov 27 2006 Reply of petitioner Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General filed. (Distributed). TBP
Dec 4 2006 Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by California Public Defenders Association GRANTED.
Dec 4 2006 Motion for leave to file amici brief out of time filed by Professors of Criminal Law GRANTED.
Dec 5 2006 Argued. For petitioner: Dan Himmelfarb, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Christopher J. Meade, New York, N.Y.
Jan 17 2007 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined, and in which Stevens, J., joined as to Parts I, II, and III-B. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
Feb 20 2007 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Mar 6 2007 Acknowledgement of receipt (02/23/07) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit received.
Jul 6 2007 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit.
Jul 6 2007 Record returned to the Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Paul D. Clement 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: Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
 
Dan Himmelfarb Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
1909 K Street, N. W.
Washington, DC  20006-1101
dhimmelfarb@mayerbrown.com
Party name: Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Attorneys for Respondent:
Christopher J. Meade Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(212) 230-8817
    Counsel of Record399 Park Avenue
New York, NY  10022
christopher.meade@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Luis Alexander Duenas-Alvarez
Other:
Meir Feder Jones Day(212) 326-7870
222 East 41st Street
New York, NY  10017
Party name: Professors of Criminal Law
 
Jeremy Maltby O'Melveny & Myers LLP(213) 430-6000
400 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA  90071
Party name: California Public Defenders Association
 
Charles A. Rothfeld Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
1909 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
CRothfeld@mayerbrown.com
Party name: National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild