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Docket for 12-7612
No. 12-7612     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Bill Douglas Gates, Petitioner
v.
Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Docketed:December 7, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(11-70023)
  Decision Date:June 19, 2012
  Rehearing Denied:September 14, 2012

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 1 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 7, 2013)
Jan 2 2013 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 6, 2013.
Jan 31 2013 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including March 8, 2013.
Mar 8 2013 Brief of respondent Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division in opposition filed.
Mar 21 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 12, 2013.
May 28 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 30, 2013.
Jun 3 2013 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Trevino v. Thaler, 569 U.S. ____ (2013).
Jul 5 2013 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Robin Norris 2408 Fir Street(915) 329-4860
El Paso, TX  79925
robinnorris@sbcglobal.net
Party name: Bill Douglas Gates
Attorneys for Respondent:
Thomas M. Jones Assistant Attorney General(512) 936-1400
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General of Texas
Post Office Box 12548
Capitol Station
Austin, TX  78711
thomas.jones@oag.state.tx.us
Party name: Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
 

 

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