Boyer v. Louisiana

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
11-9953	La. Ct. App.	Jan 14, 2013	Apr 29, 2013	5-4	Per Curiam	OT 2012

Holding: Dismissed as improvidently granted.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

The Court DIGs in Boyer v. Louisiana and sometimes silence can speak volumes. (Rory Little, April 30, 2013)
Argument recap: Justice Thomas jokes while hearing an incredibly fact-bound Speedy Trial case (Rory Little, January 15, 2013)
Argument preview: Stick to the (Speedy Trial) question presented? (Rory Little, January 11, 2013)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/19/2012	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 24, 2012)
05/24/2012	Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
06/06/2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 21, 2012.
06/06/2012	Reply of petitioner Jonathan Edward Boyer filed.
06/21/2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.
10/01/2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 5, 2012.
10/05/2012	Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
10/31/2012	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, January 14, 2013.
11/19/2012	Joint appendix filed (2 volumes). (Statement of costs filed)
11/19/2012	Brief of petitioner Jonathan Edward Boyer filed.
11/19/2012	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received jointly from counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the respondent.
11/26/2012	Brief amicus curiae of The Constitution Project filed.
11/26/2012	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
11/27/2012	Record received from Court of Appeal of Louisiana, 3rd Circuit. ( 1 envelope)
12/06/2012	CIRCULATED
12/07/2012	Record received from Fourteenth Judicial District of Louisiana Parish of Calcasieu. (6 boxes)
12/19/2012	Brief of respondent Louisiana filed. (Distributed)
12/19/2012	Proposal from counsel for the respondent to lodge copies of a transcript from a hearing in the Fourteenth Judicial District court, Parish of Calcasieu, LA.
01/04/2013	Reply of petitioner Jonathan Edward Boyer filed. (Distributed)
01/04/2013	Additional record received from Fourteenth Judicial District of Louisiana Parish of Calcasieu. (1 b0x)
01/14/2013	Argued. For petitioner: Richard Bourke, New Orleans, La. For respondent: Carla S. Sigler, Assistant District Attorney, Lake Charles, La.
04/29/2013	Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted Justice Alito, with whom Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas join, concurring. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, and Justice Kagan join, dissenting. Opinion per curiam.
05/30/2013	Record returned to Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
05/30/2013	Record returned to Fourteenth Judicial District of Louisiana Parish of Calcasieu.
05/31/2013	MANDATE ISSUED

Holding: Dismissed as improvidently granted.