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
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 17 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)
Jan 17 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
Jan 28 2019 Response Requested. (Due February 27, 2019)
Feb 27 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 27, 2019 to April 26, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 01 2019 Motion 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 2019 Letter from counsel for petitioner received.
Apr 10 2019 Brief of respondent Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ in opposition filed.
Apr 24 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
Apr 24 2019 Reply of petitioner Gregory Dean Banister filed. (Distributed)
May 06 2019 Rescheduled.
May 29 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
Jun 17 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
Jun 24 2019 Motion 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 2019 Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Jul 17 2019 Joint 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 2019 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Aug 26 2019 Brief of petitioner Gregory Dean Banister filed.
Aug 30 2019 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Sep 03 2019 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors with Expertise in Habeas Corpus and Civil Procedure filed.
Sep 13 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 4, 2019.
Oct 18 2019 Brief of respondent Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ filed.
Oct 23 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Oct 23 2019 The Record from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Oct 25 2019 CIRCULATED
Oct 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Oct 25 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 12 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 18 2019 Reply of petitioner Gregory Dean Banister filed. (Distributed)
Dec 04 2019 Argued. 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 2020 Judgment 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 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Brian Timothy Burgess
Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

BBurgess@goodwinlaw.com
Ph: 2023464000
Party name: Gregory Dean Bannister


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

BBurgess@goodwinlaw.com
Ph: 2023464000
Party name: Gregory Dean Banister


Gregory Dean Banister
Havins-Unit
500 FM 45 East
Brownwood, TX 76801

Ph:
Party name: Gregory Dean Banister


Attorneys for Respondents
Kyle Douglas Hawkins
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
919 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701

kyle@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 6122966947
Party name: Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ


Joseph Peter Corcoran
Office of the Attorney General of Texas
P.O. Box 12548 - Capital Station
Austin, TX 78711-2548

joseph.corcoran@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1400
Party name: Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ


Susan Frances San Miguel
Assistant Attorney General
P. O. Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711-2548

Ph:
Party name: Lorie Davis, Director TDCJ


Other Attorneys
Barbara Ellen Bergman
James E. Rogers College of Law
University of Arizona 1201 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721-0176

bbergman@arizona.edu
Ph: 520-621-3984
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


Thomas M. Fisher
EdChoice, Inc.
111 Monument Circle
Suite 2650
Indianapolis, IN 46204

tfisher@edchoice.org
Ph: 317-681-0745
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 John Francisco
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


Charlotte Hemenway Taylor
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-2113

CTAYLOR@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: 202-879-3872
Party name: Law Professors with Expertise in Habeas Corpus and Civil Procedure