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Bloate v. United States
Mark T. Stancil, Robbins, Russell, et al, private counsel of record for petitioner.
United States v. Stevens
Lisa B. Freeland, Federal Public Defender, and Karen Sirianni Gerlach, AFPD, WD PA, counsel of record for respondent.
Pottawattamie County, IA v. Harrington
Jeffrey W. Sarles, Mayer Brown, private counsel of record for petitioner.
Johnson v. United States
Lisa Call, AFPD and FPD Donna Elm, counsel of record for petitioner. Also, Jim Skuthan of MDFL office. Brainstorming and brief editing by Tim Crooks, Phil Lynch, Donna Coltharp, Brenda Bryn, Margaret Katze, Judy Mizner, Margy Meyers, Denise Barrett, Mike Sokolow, Miriam Conrad, Stephen McCue, Henry & Fran.
Maryland v. Shatzer
Celia Anderson Davis, Assistant Public Defender, counsel of record for respondent.
Abuelhawa v. United States
Sri Srinivasan of O'Melveny & Myers, private counsel of record for petitioner.
Dean v. United States
Scott T. Forester of Calhoun, Georgia, counsel of record for petitoner, in forma pauperis, assisted by Sidley Austin.
Decided 7-2 in favor of respondent.
Decided 7-2 in favor of respondent.
Kansas v. Ventris
Matthew Edge, counsel of record for respondent, Kansas Appellate Public Defender Office.
Reversed 7-2.
Reversed 7-2.
Corley v. United States
David McColgin, counsel of record, Supervising Appellate Attorney for the Federal Defender Association of Philadelphia. Brainstorming issues and development of amicus positions by David, Brett Sweitzer, Steve Hubachek, Jeff Green (Sidley Austin) and Paul Rashkind. Authoring of brief by David and Brett, with edits by Steve, Jeff, Carlton Gunn, Sarah Gannett, Rob Epstein, Christy Unger, and Paul.
Merits brief of petitioner is available here. The amicus brief of NACDL and NAFD is here.
Decided 5-4 for petitioner.
Merits brief of petitioner is available here. The amicus brief of NACDL and NAFD is here.
Decided 5-4 for petitioner.
Harbison v. Bell
Dana C. Hansen Chavis, counsel of record, and Stephen M. Kissinger, both of the Federal Defender Service of Eastern Tennessee, for petitioner.
Decided 7-2 for petitioner.
Decided 7-2 for petitioner.
Arizona v. Johnson
Mary Edith Cunningham, counsel of record for respondent, APD, Pima County Public Defender's Office.
Cone v. Bell
Thomas Goldstein, private counsel of record, and Paul Bottei, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Tennessee.
Vacated and remanded 7-2.
Vacated and remanded 7-2.
Bell v. Kelly
Richard P. Bress, Latham & Watkins, private counsel of record. Henry, Fran and Paul in discussions concerning NAFD and NACDL amicus support to be authored by Justin Marceau, AFPD in Arizona. David Porter is attempting to get NACDL on board. Justin and Andrea Lyon, DePaul Law School, collaborated on an amicus brief that was filed on behalf of NAFD; motion for leave to file amicus granted here.
Cert dismissed as improvidently granted.
Cert dismissed as improvidently granted.
Chambers v. United States
Philip J. Kavanaugh, FPD; Andrea L. Smith, AFPD + private counsel of record Robert Hochman (Sidley Austin).
Decided 9-0 for petitioner.
Decided 9-0 for petitioner.
Pearson v. Callahan
Robert Long, Covington & Burling, private counsel of record for respondent. Argued by Theodore Melzer.
Oral argument transcript here.
Decided unanimously in favor of petitioner.
Oral argument transcript here.
Decided unanimously in favor of petitioner.
Jimenez v. Quarterman
Pro se petitioner.Tom Goldstein, private counsel of record filed appearance.
Decided 9-0 for petitioner.
Decided 9-0 for petitioner.
Oregon v. Ice
Petition filed by Peter Gartlan, Office of Public Defense Services. Ernest G. Lannett, of the same office, was appointed by the Court as counsel of record for respondent.
Oral argument transcript now available here.
Decided 5-4 in favor of petitioner.
Oral argument transcript now available here.
Decided 5-4 in favor of petitioner.
Waddington v. Sarausad
Patricia Novotny & David Zuckerman, private counsel of record for respondent. Initial conference with Henry and Paul. David Porter to assist in merits brief preparation.
Decided 6-3 in favor of petitioner.
Decided 6-3 in favor of petitioner.
Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
Jeff Fisher & Stanford Law Clinic, counsel of record. Donna Coltharp, Judy Mizner and Steve Moss did significant editing on the amicus brief filed by NAFD, NACDL and the National College of DUI Defense, a copy of which is available here.
Arizona v. Gant
Private counsel of record. Discussion with counsel concerning amicus support by Fran Pratt. Oral argument for respondent by Thomas Jacobs. Transcript is here.
Affirmed 5-4
Affirmed 5-4
Herring v. United States
Private counsel of record. Argued by Pam Karlin of Stanford. Transcript of the oral argument is here.
Decided 5-4 in favor of respondent.
Decided 5-4 in favor of respondent.
Cuellar v. United States
Jerry Beard, AFPD, counsel of record; Richard Anderson, FPD. Brief editing by Jill Wichlens and Henry Bemporad. Moot court by Henry, Horatio Aldredge, and Judy Madewell.
Petitioner's brief is available here and NACDL amicus available here
Decided unanimously in favor of petitioner.
Petitioner's brief is available here and NACDL amicus available here
Decided unanimously in favor of petitioner.
Burgess v. United States
Pro se petitioner. Jeff Fisher, of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic , moved to be appointed counsel and that motion was granted January 14, 1008. Henry, Fran and Paul discussed possible amicus support. NACDL and FAMM filed an amicus brief on lenity and Amy Baron-Evans provided a state-by-state survey in support.
Decided unanimously for respondent.
Decided unanimously for respondent.
Irizarry v. United States
Arthur Madden, CJA counsel of record. Initial contact with counsel by Paul to assemble team. Team of Phil Lynch and Donna Coltharp, Jerry Beard, Henry, Fran, and Paul assist in brainstorming. Jason, Donna and Phil assist in merits brief preparation and editing. Kristen Rogers serves as liaison with counsel. Jerry and Jason Hawkins assist in moot court.
Decided 5-4 in favor of respondent.
Decided 5-4 in favor of respondent.
State of the Practice, Defender Style
Tom Goldstein and Akin Gump recently appraised their Supreme Court practice this Term. Akin did a mid-Term summary of its SCOTUS practice, taking credit for five of their own cases and five more through their various tributaries (Howe & Russell and the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic). That's five cases for an international law firm of over 900 lawyers, four for a prominent law school program headed by our friend, Jeff Fisher, and one more for Tom's former firm. We have to admit that is a very impressive involvement in the High Court's current Term.
DSCRAP is pleased to trumpet just as loudly. As of mid-Term, our merry band of defenders has provided resources and assistance to counsel in ten cases this Term, coordinated amicus support in six cases, and authored in whole or in part five merits briefs, five amicus briefs, and one brief in opposition -- check them out throughout this page.
By Term's end, four cases will be argued by Akin lawyers. By Term's end, five cases will be argued by federal defenders. We have had an enjoyable and productive Term.
DSCRAP is pleased to trumpet just as loudly. As of mid-Term, our merry band of defenders has provided resources and assistance to counsel in ten cases this Term, coordinated amicus support in six cases, and authored in whole or in part five merits briefs, five amicus briefs, and one brief in opposition -- check them out throughout this page.
By Term's end, four cases will be argued by Akin lawyers. By Term's end, five cases will be argued by federal defenders. We have had an enjoyable and productive Term.
United States v. Baker
John K. Henderson, Jr., AFPD, counsel of record. Consultation with Henry concerning decision of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals about filing of rehearing en banc and potential cert petition.
Indiana v. Edwards
State Public Defender serves as counsel of record. Discussion of propriety of Godinez-like amicus by NACDL, by Fran, Henry and Paul.
Decided 7-2 in favor of petitioner.
Decided 7-2 in favor of petitioner.
Arave v. Hoffman
Joan Fisher, AFPD, counsel of record. DSCRAP Liaison: Janice Bergmann.
Dismissed as moot on motion of the parties.
Dismissed as moot on motion of the parties.
United States v. Ressam
Tom Hillier, FPD, counsel of record; Laura Mate, AFPD, co-counsel. Brainstorming Brief in Opposition by Henry Bemporad and Paul Rashkind. Merits brief editing support by Phil Lynch.
Brief in Opposition available here.
Ressam's merits brief is available here and NACDL's amicus brief is here.
Decided in favor of petitioner, 8-1.
Brief in Opposition available here.
Ressam's merits brief is available here and NACDL's amicus brief is here.
Decided in favor of petitioner, 8-1.
United States v. Rodriguez
Private counsel of record. Coordination of NAFD amicus support by Amy Baron-Evans, Henry Bemporad and Fran Pratt.
Decided in favor of petitioner, 6-3.
Decided in favor of petitioner, 6-3.
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