No. 06-6407     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Scott Louis Panetti, Petitioner
v.
Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Docketed:September 12, 2006
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(04-70045)
  Decision Date:May 9, 2006
  Rehearing Denied:June 8, 2006
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sep 6 2006 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 12, 2006)
Oct 17 2006 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 13, 2006.
Nov 13 2006 Brief amicus curiae of National Alliance for the Mentally Ill filed.
Nov 13 2006 Brief of respondent Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division in opposition filed.
Nov 30 2006 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 5, 2007.
Dec 6 2006 Reply of petitioner Scott Louis Panetti filed. (Distributed)
Jan 5 2007 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Jan 19 2007 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Scott Louis Panetti.
Feb 5 2007 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, April 18, 2007.
Feb 7 2007 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 23, 2007.
Feb 16 2007 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including February 22, 2007.
Feb 16 2007 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondent.
Feb 20 2007 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Feb 21 2007 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Feb 21 2007 Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association, et al. filed.
Feb 22 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Legal Historians filed.
Feb 22 2007 Joint appendix filed. (Jt. appendix in two volumes. Vol.II oversize.)
Feb 22 2007 Brief of petitioner Scott Louis Panetti filed.
Feb 26 2007 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Keith S. Hampton, Esquire, of Austin, Texas is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.
Feb 26 2007 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Mar 8 2007 CIRCULATED.
Mar 12 2007 Record received from U.S. D.C. for Western District of Texas. (1 box)
Mar 29 2007 Brief of respondent Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)
Mar 29 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Apr 2 2007 The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing the following question: Must petitioner's habeas application be dismissed as "second or successive" pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2244? The briefs, not to exceed 15 pages, are to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, 2007.
Apr 9 2007 Reply of petitioner Scott Louis Panetti filed. (Distributed)
Apr 11 2007 Supplemental brief of petitioner Scott Louis Panetti filed. (Distributed)
Apr 11 2007 Supplemental brief of respondent Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)
Apr 18 2007 Argued. For petitioner: Gregory W. Wiercioch, San Francisco, Cal. For respondent: R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.
Jun 28 2007 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia and Alito, JJ., joined.
Jul 30 2007 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Oct 31 2007 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for the 5th Circuit.
Oct 31 2007 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Western District of Texas.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Keith S. Hampton 1103 Nueces Street(512) 476-8484
    Counsel of RecordAustin, TX  78701
Party name: Scott Louis Panetti
 
Gregory William Wiercioch Texas Defender Service(512) 222-7788
510 S. Congress, Suite 304
Austin, TX  78704
Party name: Scott Louis Panetti
Attorneys for Respondent:
R. Ted Cruz Solicitor General(512) 936-1824
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, MC-059
Austin, TX  78711-2548
Ted.Cruz@aog.state.tx.us
Party name: Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
 
Gena B. Bunn Assistant Attorney General(512) 936-1400
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station
Austin, TX  78711
Party name: Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
 
Tina J. Miranda Office of the Attorney General(512) 936-1400
Post Office Box 12548
Austin, TX  78711-2548
Party name: Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Other:
John H. Blume Cornell Law School(607) 255-1030
112 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY  14853
jb94@cornell.edu
Party name: National Alliance for the Mentally IllDivision
 
Karen J. Mathis American Bar Association(215) 988-5000
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60610
Party name: American Bar Association
 
David W. Ogden Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6440
1875 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20006
david.ogden@wilmerhale.com
Party name: American Psychological Association, et al.
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
Robert N. Weiner Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5855
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004
RobertWeiner@aporter.com
Party name: Legal Historians