Docket for 16-5294 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
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| Mar 16 2016 | Application (15A978) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 16, 2016 to July 15, 2016, submitted to Justice Thomas. | | | | Mar 24 2016 | Application (15A978) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 15, 2016. | | | | Jul 15 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 19, 2016) | | | | Aug 09 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 19, 2016. | | | | Aug 19 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of The Constitution Project
filed. | | | | Sep 14 2016 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 19, 2016. | | | | Oct 17 2016 | Brief of respondents Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed. | | | | Oct 28 2016 | Reply of petitioner James E. McWilliams filed. | | | | Nov 03 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 22, 2016. | | | | Nov 17 2016 | Record Requested. | | | | Nov 22 2016 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit. (1-Box) | | | | Dec 06 2016 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Alabama (4 boxes). | | | | Dec 08 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017. | | | | Jan 09 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2017. | | | | Jan 13 2017 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. | | | | Jan 17 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party from counsel for the respondents. | | | | Jan 27 2017 | Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner James E. McWilliams. | | | | Feb 10 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioner. | | | | Feb 15 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 3, 2017. | | | | Feb 17 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, April 24, 2017 | | | | Feb 27 2017 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) | | | | Feb 27 2017 | Brief of petitioner James E. McWilliams filed. | | | | Mar 06 2017 | Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED, and Stephen B. Bright, Esquire, of Atlanta, Georgia, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. | | | | Mar 06 2017 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. | | | | Mar 06 2017 | Brief amici curiae of American Psychiatric Association, et al. filed. | | | | Mar 22 2017 | CIRCULATED. | | | | Mar 29 2017 | Brief of respondents Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. filed. (Distributed) | | | | Apr 17 2017 | Reply of petitioner James E. McWilliams filed. (Distributed) | | | | Apr 24 2017 | Argued. For petitioner: Stephen B. Bright, Atlanta, Ga. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondents: Andrew L. Brasher, Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala. | | | | Jun 19 2017 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. | | | | Jul 07 2017 | Record returned to the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit (1 Box). | | | | Jul 07 2017 | Record returned to the U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Alabama (4 boxes). | | | | Jul 21 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. | | |
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