No. 15-7553     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Christopher Anthony Floyd, Petitioner
v.
Alabama
Docketed:December 31, 2015
Linked with 15A493
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of Alabama
  Case Nos.:(1130527)
  Decision Date:May 29, 2015
  Rehearing Denied:August 21, 2015

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 3 2015 Application (15A493) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 19, 2015 to December 18, 2015, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Nov 12 2015 Application (15A493) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 18, 2015.
Dec 18 2015 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 1, 2016)
Feb 16 2016 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 2, 2016.
Mar 1 2016 Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
Mar 17 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 1, 2016.
May 23 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 26, 2016.
May 26 2016 Record Requested .
May 31 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 2, 2016.
Jun 6 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 9, 2016.
Jun 6 2016 Record received from the Supreme Court of Alabama. The record is electronic.
Jun 13 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 16, 2016.
Jun 20 2016 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Foster v. Chatman, 578 U. S. ____ (2016). Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting from the decision to grant, vacate, and remand in this case: I would deny the petition for the reasons set out in my statement in Flowers v. Mississippi, 579 U. S. ____ (2016) (Alito, J., dissenting from the decision to grant, vacate, and remand).
Jul 22 2016 MANDATE ISSUED
Jul 22 2016 JUDGMENT ISSUED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Randall S. Susskind 122 Commerce Street(334) 269-1803
Montgomery, AL  36104
rsusskind@eji.org
Party name: Christopher Anthony Floyd
Attorneys for Respondent:
J. Clayton Crenshaw Assistant Attorney General(334) 353-2021
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
P.O. Box 300152
Montgomery, AL  36130-0152
CCRENSHAW@AGO.STATE.AL.US
Party name: Alabama