No. 19-5807
Title:Thedrick Edwards, Petitioner
v.
Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Docketed:September 4, 2019
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(18-31095)
   Decision Date:May 20, 2019
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Aug 15 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 4, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service
Sep 30 2019Waiver of right of respondent Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy to respond filed.
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Oct 03 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
Oct 11 2019Response Requested. (Due November 12, 2019)
Nov 05 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 12, 2019 to December 12, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
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Nov 08 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 12, 2019.
Dec 12 2019Brief of respondent Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy in opposition filed.
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Dec 30 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
Apr 20 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
Apr 27 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
May 04 2020Motion to proceed in forma pauperis GRANTED. Petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether this Court’s decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U. S. ___ (2020), applies retroactively to cases on federal collateral review.
May 19 2020Joint motion of the parties for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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May 28 2020Joint motion of the parties to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted in part. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 15, 2020. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 14, 2020. The reply brief is to be filed in compliance with Rule 25.3.
Jul 09 2020Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Thedrick Edwards.
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Jul 13 2020Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State. Penitentiary Vannoy
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Jul 15 2020Joint appendix, including addendum CD of video exhibit, filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jul 15 2020Brief of petitioner Thedrick Edwards filed.
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Jul 21 2020Brief amici curiae of Center on Race, Inequality, et al. filed.
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Jul 21 2020Brief amici curiae of Human Rights for Kids and Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights filed.
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Jul 21 2020Brief amici curiae of The Promise of Justice Initiative, et al. filed.
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Jul 21 2020Brief amici curiae of Louisiana Professors of Law filed.
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Jul 21 2020Brief amici curiae of Jonathan F. Mitchell and Adam K. Mortara in support of neither party filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amicus curiae of DKT Liberty Project filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amici curiae of Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center and Phillips Black, Inc., in support of neither party filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amicus curiae of Law Professors and Social Scientists filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amici curiae of Edward L. Tarpley, Jr., et al. filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amici curiae of Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amicus curiae of Innocence Project New Orleans filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amici curiae of Former Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Officials filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amicus curiae of JonRe Taylor filed.
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Jul 22 2020Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed.
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Sep 02 2020Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed.
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Sep 08 2020Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted, and the time is extended to and including September 28, 2020.
Sep 16 2020SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 30, 2020.
Sep 28 2020Brief of respondent Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy filed.
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Oct 05 2020Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Oct 05 2020Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Oct 05 2020Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed.
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Oct 05 2020Brief amicus curiae of State of Oregon filed.
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Oct 08 2020Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Oct 14 2020Record received from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Oct 19 2020Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 20 2020Removed for argument on Monday, November 30, 2020.
Oct 20 2020SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 2, 2020.
Oct 27 2020CIRCULATED
Oct 28 2020Reply of petitioner Thedrick Edwards filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 02 2020Argued. For petitioner: André Bélanger, Baton Rouge, La. For respondent: Elizabeth Murrill, Solicitor General, Baton Rouge, La.; and Christopher G. Michel, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jan 27 2021Record received from the U.S.D.C Middle District of Louisiana. (1 Box)
May 17 2021Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer and Sotomayor, JJ., joined.
Jun 18 2021JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 26 2021Record returned the U.S.D.C Middle District of Louisiana. (1 Box)

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Andre Robert Belanger
    Counsel of Record
Manasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger
8075 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA 70809

andre@manassehandgill.com
225-383-9703
Party name: Thedrick Edwards
Attorneys for Respondent
Elizabeth Baker Murrill
    Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 94005
Baton Rouge, LA 70084-9005

murrille@ag.louisiana.gov
225-326-6766
Party name: Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy
Other
Jessica Ring Amunson
    Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

JAmunson@jenner.com
202-639-6023
Party name: DKT Liberty Project
Lisa Schiavo Blatt
    Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
725 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

lblatt@wc.com
202-434-5050
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
Bennett L. Cohen
    Counsel of Record
Polsinelli, PC
1401 Eye (“I”) Street, N.W.
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005

bcohen@polsinelli.com
(202) 783-3300
Party name: Human Rights for Kids and Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights
G. Ben Cohen
    Counsel of Record
The Promise of Justice Initiative
1024 Elysian Fields
New Orleans, LA 70117

bcohen@defendla.org
504-529-5955
Party name: The Promise of Justice Initiative, et al.
Allison A. Davis
    Counsel of Record
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
505 Montgomery Street
Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94111

allisondavis@dwt.com
415 276 6500
Party name: Edward L. Tarpley, Jr., et al.
Richard Martin Andrew Davis
    Counsel of Record
Innocence Project New Orleans
4051 Ulloa Street
New Orleans, LA 70119

richardd@ip-no.org
5049431902
Party name: Innocence Project New Orleans
Michael R. Dreeben
    Counsel of Record
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

mdreeben@omm.com
202-383-5300
Party name: Former Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Officials
Laura G. Ferguson
    Counsel of Record
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
900 Sixteenth street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

lferguson@milchev.com
(202) 626-5567
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Thomas Frampton
    Counsel of Record
University of Virginia School of Law
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

tframpton@law.virginia.edu
202-352-8341
Party name: Jonre Taylor
Matthew Owen Gatewood
    Counsel of Record
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
700 Sixth Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001

mattgatewood@eversheds-sutherland.com
(202) 383-0122
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Brianne Jenna Gorod
    Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

brianne@theusconstitution.org
202 296 6889
Party name: Law Professors and Social Scientists
Benjamin Noah Gutman
    Counsel of Record
Oregon Department of Justice
1162 Court Street NE
Salem, OR 97301

benjamin.gutman@doj.state.or.us
503-378-4402
Party name: State of Oregon
Carlos Lugo-Fiol
    Counsel of Record
P.O. Box 260150
San Juan, PR 00926

clugofiol@gmail.com
(787) 645-4211
Party name: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Adam Karl Mortara
    Counsel of Record
125 S. Wacker Drive Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60606

adam@mortaralaw.com
773 750 7154
Party name: Jonathan F. Mitchell and Adam K. Mortara
Devi Maheswari Rao
    Counsel of Record
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center (Washington, DC)
777 6th Street NW
11th Floor
Washington, DC 20001

devi.rao@macarthurjustice.org
2028693434
Party name: Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center and Phillips Black, Inc.
Stephen Reese Sady
    Counsel of Record
Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon
101 SW Main Street
Suite 1700
Portland, OR 97204

steve_sady@fd.org
503-326-2123
Party name: Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Vincent Michael Southerland
    Counsel of Record
Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University School of Law
139 MacDougal Street
Suite 416
NEW YORK, NY 10012

vincent.southerland@nyu.edu
(212) 998-6882
Party name: Center on Race, Inequality, et al.
Samuel Spital
    Counsel of Record
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
40 Rector St.
5th Floor
New York, NY 10006

sspital@naacpldf.org
(212) 965-2200
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.