No. 00-1543 FESTO CORP. v. SHOKETSU KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD., ET AL. C.A. Fed. Cir. [Certiorari granted, 533 U.S. 915.] Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted.
No. 00-6029 RAGSDALE v. WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC. C.A. 8th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 533 U.S. 928.] Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted.
No. 00-1853 SWIERKIEWICZ v. SOREMA N.A. C.A.2d Cir. [Certiorari granted, 533 U.S. 976.] Motion of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted.
No. 00-8452 ATKINS v. VIRGINIA. Sup.Ct. Va. [Certiorari granted, 533 U.S. 976, and ante, p. 809.] Motion of amici curiae filers in No. 00-8727, McCarver v. North Carolina, to have their amici curiae briefs considered in support of petitioner in this case granted.
No. 01-301 NEWLAND, WARDEN v. SAFFOLD. C.A. 9th Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 971.] Motion for appointment of counsel granted and it is ordered that Mary Katherine McComb, Esq., of Sacramento, California, is appointed to serve as counsel for respondent in this case.
No. 01-6577 MURRAY v. RESTOR TELEPHONE PRODUCTS. C.A. 5th Cir.; and
No. 01-6629 DENNIS v. DENNIS. Ct. App. S.C. Motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Petitioners are allowed until December 26, 2001, within which to pay the docketing fees required by Rule 38(a) and to submit petitions in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
No. 01-6690 IN RE YOUNG. Sup.Ct. Ky. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis denied, and petition for writ of common law certiorari dismissed. See this Court's Rule 39.8.