| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
| May 29 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2014) | 
| Jul 2 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 9, 2014. | 
| Jul 3 2014 | Brief of respondent Burl Cain, Warden in opposition filed. | 
| Jul 22 2014 | Reply of petitioner Kevan Brumfield filed. | 
| Jul 23 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014. | 
| Sep 30 2014 | Record Requested . | 
| Oct 2 2014 | Record received from U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.  The record is electronic. | 
| Oct 6 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 10, 2014. | 
| Oct 6 2014 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Middle District of Louisiana (5 boxes). The remaining record is electronic. | 
| Oct 6 2014 | Record received from U.S.D.C. Middle District of Louisiana.  (5 Boxes) | 
| Oct 14 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 17, 2014. | 
| Oct 27 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2014. | 
| Nov 3 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 7, 2014. | 
| Nov 10 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 14, 2014. | 
| Nov 17 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 25, 2014. | 
| Dec 1 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2014. | 
| Dec 5 2014 | Petition GRANTED. | 
| Jan 20 2015 | Joint appendix filed.  (Statement of costs filed.) | 
| Jan 20 2015 | Brief of petitioner Kevan Brumfield filed. | 
| Jan 27 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., et al. filed. | 
| Feb 2 2015 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 30, 2015 | 
| Feb 12 2015 | CIRCULATED | 
| Feb 19 2015 | Brief of respondent Burl Cain, Warden filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Mar 17 2015 | Reply of petitioner Kevan Brumfield filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Mar 30 2015 | Argued.  For petitioner:  Michael B. DeSanctis, Washington, D. C.  For respondent:  Premila Burns, Baton Rouge, La. | 
| Jun 18 2015 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED.  Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined.  Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in all but Part I-C of which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia and Alito, JJ., joined.  Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., joined. | 
| Jul 20 2015 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. | 
| Jul 21 2015 | Records from U.S.D.C. Middle Dist. of Louisiana has been returned. |