No. 18-6943
Title:Gregory Dean Banister, Petitioner
v.
Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Docketed:December 6, 2018
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(17-10826)
   Decision Date:May 8, 2018
   Rehearing Denied:June 18, 2018
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Sep 17 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service
Jan 17 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
Jan 28 2019Response Requested. (Due February 27, 2019)
Feb 27 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 27, 2019 to April 26, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Mar 01 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part, and the time is extended to and including April 10, 2019.
Mar 29 2019Letter from counsel for petitioner received.
Main Document
Apr 10 2019Brief of respondent Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
Apr 24 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
Apr 24 2019Reply of petitioner Gregory Dean Banister filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
May 06 2019Rescheduled.
May 29 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
Jun 17 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
Jun 24 2019Motion to proceed in forma pauperis GRANTED, and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether and under what circumstances a timely Rule 59(e) motion should be recharacterized as a second or successive habeas petition under Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U. S. 524 (2005).
Jul 10 2019Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Main Document
Jul 17 2019Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 26, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 18, 2019.
Aug 26 2019Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Main DocumentProof of Service
Aug 26 2019Brief of petitioner Gregory Dean Banister filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Aug 30 2019Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2019Brief amici curiae of Law Professors with Expertise in Habeas Corpus and Civil Procedure filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 13 2019SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 4, 2019.
Oct 18 2019Brief of respondent Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Oct 23 2019Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Oct 23 2019The Record from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Oct 25 2019CIRCULATED
Oct 25 2019Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count
Oct 25 2019Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Proof of ServiceMain Document
Oct 25 2019Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Nov 12 2019Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 18 2019Reply of petitioner Gregory Dean Banister filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Dec 04 2019Argued. For petitioner: Brian T. Burgess, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Kyle D. Hawkins, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.; and Benjamin Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 01 2020Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined.
Jul 06 2020JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Brian Timothy Burgess
    Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

BBurgess@goodwinlaw.com
2023464000
Party name: Gregory Dean Bannister
Brian Timothy Burgess
    Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter, LLP
901 New York Avenue
Washington, DC 20001

BBurgess@goodwinlaw.com
2023464000
Party name: Gregory Dean Banister
Gregory Dean BanisterTDCJ #1265563
Havins-Unit
500 FM 45 East
Brownwood, TX 76801

Party name: Gregory Dean Banister
Attorneys for Respondent
Kyle Douglas Hawkins
    Counsel of Record
Texas Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

kyle.hawkins@oag.texas.gov
5129361700
Party name: Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ
Joseph Peter CorcoranOffice of the Attorney General of Texas
P.O. Box 12548 - Capital Station
Austin, TX 78711-2548

joseph.corcoran@oag.texas.gov
512-936-1400
Party name: Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ
Susan Frances San MiguelAssistant Attorney General
P. O. Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711-2548

Party name: Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ
Other
Barbara Ellen Bergman
    Counsel of Record
James E. Rogers College of Law
University of Arizona
1201 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721-0176

bbergman@email.arizona.edu
5053017547
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Thomas M. Fisher
    Counsel of Record
Office of the Indiana Attorney General
302 West Washington St., 5th Floor
Indianapolis, IN 46204

tom.fisher@atg.in.gov
317-232-6201
Party name: States of Indiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Charlotte Hemenway Taylor
    Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-2113

ctaylor@jonesday.com
202-879-3872
Party name: Law Professors with Expertise in Habeas Corpus and Civil Procedure