No. 12-6373	*** CAPITAL CASE ***
Title:	Cleve Foster, Petitioner v. Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Docketed:	September 24, 2012
Linked with 12A283
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Case Nos.:	(12-70026)
Decision Date:	September 21, 2012
Discretionary Court
Decision Date:	August 13, 2012

~~~Date~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sep 23 2012	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 24, 2012)
Sep 23 2012	Application (12A283) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Scalia.
Sep 24 2012	Brief of respondent Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division in opposition filed.
Sep 24 2012	Reply of petitioner Cleve Foster filed.
Sep 25 2012	Application (12A283) referred to the Court.
Sep 25 2012	Petition DENIED.
Sep 25 2012	Application (12A283) denied by the Court. Justice Ginsburg, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan would grant the application for stay of execution.

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~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Maurie Levin	211 South Street, #346	(512) 294-1540
	Philadelphia, PA  19147
	maurielevin@gmail.com
Party name: Cleve Foster
Attorneys for Respondent:
Stephen M. Hoffman	Assistant Attorney General	(512) 936-1400
	Postconviction Litigation Division
	Post Office Box 12548
	Austin, TX  78711-2548
Party name: Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division