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Hennis v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on January 11, 2021

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
20-301 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2020

Issue: (1) Whether the offenses for which the petitioner, Timothy Hennis, was tried and acquitted in state court constituted offenses "for which [he] cannot be tried in the courts of . . . any State"; (2) whether 10 U.S.C. § 803(a) is unconstitutional insofar as it allowed the government to court-martial Hennis only because the double jeopardy clause would have barred his retrial in a state court; and (3) whether the Constitution bars the military from subjecting servicemembers to capital trials for non-military offenses.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/04/2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2020)
09/30/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 9, 2020 to November 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
10/02/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2020.
10/08/2020Brief amicus curiae of Air Force Appellate Defense Division filed.
11/06/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 9, 2020 to December 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
11/09/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 9, 2020.
12/09/2020Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
12/21/2020Reply of petitioner Timothy B. Hennis filed. (Distributed)
12/23/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
01/05/2021Letter of January 5, 2021, from counsel for petitioner filed. (Distributed)
01/11/2021Petition DENIED.