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Docket for 03-9659
No. 03-9659     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Thomas Joe Miller-El, Petitioner
v.
Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Docketed:April 2, 2004
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(00-10784)
  Decision Date:February 26, 2004
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Apr 1 2004 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 3, 2004)
Apr 20 2004 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 28, 2004.
May 27 2004 Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed.
May 28 2004 Brief of respondent Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division in opposition filed.
May 28 2004 Brief amici curiae of Former Prosecutors and Judges filed.
Jun 8 2004 Reply of petitioner Thomas Joe Miller-El filed. (Distributed)
Jun 9 2004 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 24, 2004.
Jun 28 2004 Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Aug 3 2004 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including September 2, 2004.
Aug 27 2004 Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed.
Sep 2 2004 LODGING submitted by both parties received.
Sep 2 2004 Brief of petitioner Thomas Joe Miller-El filed.
Sep 2 2004 Joint appendix filed. (Jt. appendix in two volumes).
Sep 2 2004 Brief amici curiae of Former Prosecutors and Judges filed.
Sep 2 2004 Brief amicus curiae of California filed.
Sep 29 2004 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, December 6, 2004.
Sep 30 2004 CIRCULATED.
Oct 6 2004 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including October 28, 2004.
Oct 28 2004 Brief of respondent Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)
Nov 8 2004 Record received from U.S.C.A. - 5th Circuit. (1 box)
Nov 23 2004 Reply of petitioner Thomas Joe Miller-El filed. (Distributed)
Nov 26 2004 Record received from U.S.D.C. - Northern District of Texas. (5 boxes)
Dec 6 2004 Argued. For petitioner: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Gena Bunn, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, Tex.
Dec 7 2004 Letter from counsel of record for the petitioner regarding oral argument received. (Distributed).
Jun 13 2005 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia, J., joined.
Jul 15 2005 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 26 2005 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit.
Aug 26 2005 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Texas.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Jim Marcus Capital Punishment Clinic(512) 232-1475
    Counsel of RecordUniversity of Texas School of Law
727 E. Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX  78705
Party name: Thomas Joe Miller-El
 
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Thomas Joe Miller-El
Attorneys for Respondent:
Gena B. Bunn Assistant Attorney General(512) 936-1400
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station
Austin, TX  78711
Party name: Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
 
Christina Swarns NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.(212) 965-2200
99 Hudson Street
Suite 1600
New York, NY  10013
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al.
Other:
Sabrina Yasmin Lane-Ervin Office of the Attorney General(619) 645-2565
110 West A Street, Ste. 1100
San Diego, CA  92101
Party name: California
 
Elisabeth Semel Death Penalty Clinic(510) 642-0458
University of California Berkeley
School of Law
Berkeley, CA  94720-7200
esemel@law.berkeley.edu
Party name: Former Prosecutors and Judges

 

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