“High court won’t extend Calif. prison deadline”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court acts on prisoner release case.”

You can access this evening’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Prosecution Faces Skeptical Judge in Robert Wone Case”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Appeals Court Throws Out $358M Verdict Vs Microsoft”: Brent Kendall of Dow Jones Newswires has this report.

Reuters reports that “Microsoft $358 milion damage award overturned.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Microsoft Wins Ruling on $358 Million Alcatel Award.”

The Associated Press reports that “Verdict spares Microsoft $358M in patent damages.”

And The Seattle Times has a blog post titled “Microsoft wins appeal overturning $358 million damages award to Alcatel.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.

“Kevin, Pat Williams can play this season; The appeals court affirmed U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson’s rulings in the banned-substance case involving the players”: The Mineapolis Star Tribune has this news update.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press has a news update headlined “Ruling clears Minnesota Vikings’ Kevin and Pat Williams to play this season.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court says NFL can’t suspend 2 Vikings players.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“Divided Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Abu Ghraib Contractors”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post that begins, “A sharply divided federal appeals court in Washington today ruled against a group of Iraqi nationals who are suing two government contractors for alleged torture at the Abu Ghraib detention facility.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“On campus, Chief Justice Roberts still in charge”: This article appears today in The Michigan Daily.

And The Associated Press reports that “US chief justice says he, Sotomayor must get along.”

Gone but not entirely forgotten: While I was away on vacation in late August and early September 2009, I somehow still managed to get quoted in two separate appellate-related articles that published in The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

Amaris Elliott-Engel was the author of both articles. The first, reporting on a recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, is headlined “Trial Judges Can Call for Second Bite at 1925(b) Apple.”

The second, reporting on a recent grant of review by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, is headlined “Court to Mull How Sr. Judge Must Be Served Under Rule 1925.”

“Caltech student’s arson convictions overturned; Citing his Asperger’s syndrome, a federal court also vacates the sentence of William Cottrell, who was convicted in 2004 of conspiracy and arson for vandalizing 125 SUVs in an environmental protest”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

According to the article, “The 9th Circuit panel had initially upheld Cottrell’s arson convictions in February, nearly three years after hearing appeal arguments. But on Thursday, a copy of the panel’s ‘amended memorandum’ arrived in the mail at the Pasadena office of Marvin Rudnick, one of Cottrell’s defense attorneys. Rudnick said he was surprised and baffled by the unusual means of informing his client of the significantly revised decision. The eight-page document was marked ‘not for publication.'”

This week’s amended non-precedential ruling consists of a majority opinion and an opinion dissenting in part.

“Media Advisory: USA v. Barry Bonds, 09-10079.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this media advisory yesterday.

The case is scheduled for oral argument next Thursday before a panel consisting of Circuit Judges Mary M. Schroeder, Stephen Reinhardt, and Carlos T. Bea.

“Arguments begin in appeal of dismissal of jury verdict in R.I. smoke shop raid”: Yesterday’s edition of The Providence (R.I.) Journal contained this article.

“U.S. Sentencing Commission Urged to Give Judges More Flexibility”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Detainee Files Emergency Writ to Halt Hearings; Defense Team Asks Appeals Court to Find Military Commission Unconstitutional”: Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an article that begins, “Military attorneys for Ramzi Binalshibh, an alleged conspirator in the Sept. 11 attacks, have filed an emergency writ with a federal court in an attempt to stop hearings in their client’s case at a military commission at Guantanamo Bay.”

And today in The Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg reports that “9/11 lawyers ask civilian court to stop war court.”

You can access the court filing, made Wednesday in the D.C. Circuit, at this link.

“State’s Top Court Ready to Hear Challenge to Appointment of Lieutenant Governor”: The New York Times contains this article today.

“The Court and Campaign Finance”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.