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Asaro v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on February 24, 2020

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-107 2nd Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant"s sentence on conduct underlying a charge of which the defendant was acquitted by a jury.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/22/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 21, 2019)
08/07/2019Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Vincent Asaro.
08/08/2019Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
08/12/2019Supplemental brief of petitioner Vincent Asaro filed.
08/13/2019Brief amicus curiae of Due Process Institute filed. (Distributed)
08/14/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
08/19/2019Response Requested. (Due September 18, 2019)
09/10/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 18, 2019 to October 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
09/11/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2019.
09/18/2019Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
09/18/2019Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Federal Defenders and FAMM filed.
10/04/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2019 to November 12, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
10/07/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 12, 2019.
11/12/2019Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
11/18/2019Reply of petitioner Vincent Asaro filed.
11/18/2019Waiver of 14-day waiting period for distribution of the petition under Rule 15.5 filed.
11/26/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
12/03/2019Rescheduled.
01/15/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
02/24/2020Petition DENIED.