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Docket for 03-6821
No. 03-6821
Title:
David L. Nelson, Petitioner
v.
Donal Campbell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.
Docketed:October 9, 2003
Linked with 03A308
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(03-15095-P)
  Decision Date:October 8, 2003
  Rehearing Denied:October 9, 2003
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 9 2003 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 10, 2003)
Oct 9 2003 Application (03A308) for a stay of execution, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Oct 9 2003 Brief of respondents Campbell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
Oct 9 2003 Application (03A308) referred to the Court by Justice Kennedy.
Oct 9 2003 Application (03A308) granted by the Court.
Oct 20 2003 Reply of petitioner David L. Nelson filed.
Oct 30 2003 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 14, 2003.
Nov 6 2003 Supplemental brief of respondents Donal Campbell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 10 2003 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Alabama Physicians, Laurie Dill, et al.
Nov 13 2003 Supplemental brief of petitioner David L. Nelson filed. (Distributed)
Nov 21 2003 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 26, 2003.
Dec 1 2003 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Alabama Physicians, Laurie Dill, et al. GRANTED.
Dec 1 2003 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following Question: Whether a complaint brought under 42 U. S. C. Sec. 1983 by a death-sentenced state prisoner, who seeks to stay his execution in order to pursue a challenge to the procedures for carrying out the execution, is properly recharacterized as a habeas corpus petition under 28 U. S. C. Sec. 2254.
Dec 11 2003 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner.
Dec 23 2003 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2004.
Dec 23 2003 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including January 22, 2004.
Jan 8 2004 Joint appendix filed.
Jan 12 2004 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Michael K. McIntyre, Esquire, of Atlanta, Georgia is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.
Jan 12 2004 SET FOR ARGUMENT Monday, March 29, 2004.
Jan 22 2004 Brief amici curiae of Laurie Dill, et al. filed.
Jan 22 2004 Brief of petitioner David L. Nelson filed.
Jan 29 2004 Extension of time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits to and including March 3, 2004.
Jan 30 2004 CIRCULATED.
Feb 4 2004 Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the Middle District of Alabama. (1 envelope)
Feb 24 2004 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
Mar 2 2004 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief of respondents Donal Campbell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief amici curiae of Orrin Hatch and Tom DeLay filed. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2004 Brief amici curiae of Ohio and 29 Other States filed. (Distributed)
Mar 19 2004 Reply of petitioner David L. Nelson filed. (Distributed)
Mar 29 2004 Argued. For petitioner: Bryan Stevenson, Montgomery, Ala. For respondents: Kevin C. Newsom, Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala.
May 24 2004 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jun 25 2004 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 9 2004 Acknowledgement of receipt (06/29/04) of judgment from the Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Jul 13 2004 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Middle District of Alabama.
Jul 13 2004 Record returned to U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Michael Kennedy McIntyre 965 Virginia Avenue, NE(404) 879-1515
    Counsel of RecordAtlanta, GA  30306
mkm@georgiapostconviction.com
Party name: David L. Nelson
Attorneys for Respondents:
J. Clayton Crenshaw Assistant Attorney General(334) 353-2021
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
P.O. Box 300152
Montgomery, AL  36130-0152
CCRENSHAW@AGO.STATE.AL.US
Party name: Campbell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.
 
Michael Boysie Billingsley Alabama Office of AG(334) 242-7401
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL  36130
Party name: Donal Campbell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.
 
Kevin C. Newsom Solicitor General(334) 242-7401
Office of Attorney General
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, AL  36130
Party name: Donal Campbell, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.
Other:
Douglas R. Cole State Solicitor General(614) 466-8980
30 East Broad St.
17th Floor
Columbus, OH  43215
Party name: Ohio and 29 Other States
 
Ed R. Haden Balch & Bingham LLP(205) 226-8795
P.O. Box 306
Birmingham, AL  35203-4642
ehaden@balch.com
Party name: Orin Hatch and Tom DeLay
 
George H. Kendall Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP(212) 872-9800
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10112
george.kendall@ssd.com
Party name: Laurie Dill, et al.
 
Kathryn Louise Lippert P.O. Box 661111(205) 426-3705
Birmingham, AL
Party name: Alabama Physicians, Laurie Dill, et al.
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation

 

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