| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|
| 12/15/2005 | | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2006) |
| 1/11/2006 | | Waiver of right of respondent Mathew Musladin to respond filed. |
| 1/25/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2006. |
| 2/6/2006 | | Response Requested . (Due March 8, 2006) |
| 3/7/2006 | | Brief of respondent Mathew Musladin in opposition filed. |
| 3/7/2006 | | Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent. |
| 3/17/2006 | | Reply of petitioner Thomas L. Carey, Warden filed. |
| 3/22/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 14, 2006. |
| 4/17/2006 | | Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED. |
| 4/17/2006 | | Petition GRANTED. |
| 5/17/2006 | | Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including June 22, 2006. |
| 6/22/2006 | | Joint appendix filed. |
| 6/22/2006 | | Brief of petitioner Thomas L. Carey, Warden filed. |
| 6/22/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of New Jersey Crime Victims' Law Center filed. |
| 6/22/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of National Crime Victim Law Institute, et al. filed. |
| 6/22/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. |
| 6/22/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed. |
| 7/3/2006 | | Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including August 21, 2006. |
| 7/3/2006 | | Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent Mathew Musladin. |
| 7/14/2006 | | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 11, 2006. |
| 7/25/2006 | | CIRCULATED. |
| 7/27/2006 | | Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 envelope) |
| 7/28/2006 | | Record received from U.S.D. C. for Northern District of California. (1 envelope) |
| 8/21/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed) |
| 8/21/2006 | | Brief of respondent Mathew Musladin filed. (Distributed) |
| 8/23/2006 | | Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006. |
| 9/25/2006 | | Reply of petitioner Thomas L. Carey, Warden filed. (Distributed) |
| 10/2/2006 | | Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent GRANTED. David W. Fermino, Esquire, of San Francisco, California is appointed to serve as counsel for the respondent in this case. |
| 10/11/2006 | | Argued. For petitioner: Gregory A.Ott, Deputy Attorney Geneal, San Francisco, Cal. For respondent: David W. Fermino, San Francisco, Cal. (Appointed by this Court.) |
| 12/11/2006 | | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., Kennedy, J., and Souter, J., filed opinions concurring in the judgment. |
| 1/12/2007 | | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| 10/31/2007 | | Record returned to U.S.D.C for the Northern District of California. |
