| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Dec 11 2001 | Petition for writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in |
| | forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2002) |
| Jan 16 2002 | Brief of respondent Janie Cockrell, Director in opposition filed. |
| Jan 23 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Thomas J. Miller-El filed. |
| Jan 23 2002 | Brief amici curiae of Arlin Adams and Julie Sullivan (TBP) filed. |
| Jan 24 2002 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 15, 2002 |
| Feb 15 2002 | Petition GRANTED. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT October 16, 2002. |
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| Feb 19 2002 | Application (A01-628) for a stay of execution, submitted to Justice |
| | Scalia. |
| Feb 20 2002 | Application (A01-628) granted by Justice Scalia. |
| Mar 4 2002 | The order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari is |
| | amended to read as follows: The motion for leave to proceed in |
| | forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari |
| | is granted limited to the following question: Did the Court of |
| | Appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability and in |
| | evaluating petitioner's claim under Batson v. Kentucky? |
| Mar 28 2002 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's |
| | brief on the merits to and including May 13, 2002. |
| May 3 2002 | Order further extending time to file the joint appendix and |
| | petitioner's brief on the merits to and including May 28, 2002. |
| May 28 2002 | Joint appendix filed. |
| May 28 2002 | * Joint appendix in two volumes |
| May 28 2002 | Brief of petitioner Thomas Joe Miller-El filed. |
| May 28 2002 | Brief amici curiae of Former Prosecutors and Judges filed. |
| May 28 2002 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., |
| | et al. filed. |
| Jun 21 2002 | Order extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to |
| | and including July 29, 2002. |
| Jul 23 2002 | LODGING consisting of twenty bound copies of documents submitted |
| | by counsel for both parties |
| Jul 29 2002 | Brief of respondent Janie Cockrell, Director filed. |
| Aug 1 2002 | CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 12 2002 | Application (A02-118) to extend the time to file a reply brief from |
| | August 30, 2002 to September 11, 2002, submitted to Justice |
| | Scalia. |
| Aug 14 2002 | Application (A02-118) denied by Justice Scalia. |
| Aug 23 2002 | Record filed. |
| Aug 28 2002 | Record filed. |
| Aug 30 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Thomas J. Miller-El filed. |
| Oct 10 2002 | Letter from counsel for the petitioner received and distributed. |
| Oct 16 2002 | ARGUED. |
| Feb 25 2003 | Adjudged to be REVERSED and REMANDED Kennedy, J., delivered the |
| | opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C.J., and Stevens, |
| | O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. |
| | Scalia, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed a |
| | dissenting opinion. |
| Mar 27 2003 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Mar 27 2003 | Record returned to the USCA 5th Circuit. |
| Mar 27 2003 | Record returned the USDC N. Dist. of Texas. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Jim Marcus | Texas Defender Service | 7132227788 |
| 412 Main Street, Suite 1150 | |
| Houston, TX 77002 | |
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| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Deni Garcia | Price Daniel Sr., Bldg. 7th Fl | |
| 209 W. 14th Street | |
| Austin, TX 78701 | |
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| Gena Bunn | Office of the Attorney General | 5129361600 |
| P.O.Box 12548, Capitol Station | |
| Austin, TX 78711 | |
| Party name: Janie Cockrell, Director |
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| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Elisabeth Semel | Death Penalty Clinic | 5106420458 |
| UC Berkeley School of Law | |
| Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 | |
| Party name: Arlin Adams and Julie Sullivan |
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| George Kendall | NAACP Legal Defense | 2129652200 |
| 99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor | |
| New York, NY 10013-2897 | |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. |
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