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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
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 15 2019 Petition 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 Pauperis Petition Appendix Proof of Service
Sep 30 2019 Waiver of right of respondent Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy to respond filed.
Main Document
Oct 03 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
Oct 11 2019 Response Requested. (Due November 12, 2019)
Nov 05 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 12, 2019 to December 12, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Nov 08 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 12, 2019.
Dec 12 2019 Brief of respondent Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Other
Dec 30 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
Apr 20 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
Apr 27 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
May 04 2020 Motion 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 2020 Joint motion of the parties for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Main Document
May 28 2020 Joint 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 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Thedrick Edwards.
Blanket Consent Proof of Service
Jul 13 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State. Penitentiary Vannoy
Blanket Consent
Jul 15 2020 Joint appendix, including addendum CD of video exhibit, filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Main Document
Jul 15 2020 Brief of petitioner Thedrick Edwards filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 21 2020 Brief amici curiae of Center on Race, Inequality, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 21 2020 Brief amici curiae of Human Rights for Kids and Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 21 2020 Brief amici curiae of The Promise of Justice Initiative, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 21 2020 Brief amici curiae of Louisiana Professors of Law filed.
Main Document Other Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jul 21 2020 Brief amici curiae of Jonathan F. Mitchell and Adam K. Mortara in support of neither party filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of DKT Liberty Project filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center and Phillips Black, Inc., in support of neither party filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Law Professors and Social Scientists filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Edward L. Tarpley, Jr., et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Innocence Project New Orleans filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Former Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Officials filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of JonRe Taylor filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 02 2020 Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed.
Main Document
Sep 08 2020 Motion 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 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 30, 2020.
Sep 28 2020 Brief of respondent Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 05 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Certificate of Word Count Main Document
Oct 05 2020 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Proof of Service Main Document
Oct 05 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed.
Main Document Other Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 05 2020 Brief amicus curiae of State of Oregon filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 08 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Oct 14 2020 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Oct 19 2020 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 20 2020 Removed for argument on Monday, November 30, 2020.
Oct 20 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 2, 2020.
Oct 27 2020 CIRCULATED
Oct 28 2020 Reply of petitioner Thedrick Edwards filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Argued. 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 2021 Record received from the U.S.D.C Middle District of Louisiana. (1 Box)
May 17 2021 Adjudged 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 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 26 2021 Record returned the U.S.D.C Middle District of Louisiana. (1 Box)
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Andre Robert Belanger
Counsel of Record
Manasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger
8075 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
andre@manassehandgill.com
Ph: 225-383-9703
Party name: Thedrick Edwards


Attorneys for Respondents
Elizabeth Baker Murrill
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 94005
Baton Rouge, LA 70084-9005
murrille@ag.louisiana.gov
Ph: 225-326-6766
Party name: Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy


Other Attorneys
Jessica Ring Amunson
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
JAmunson@jenner.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (202) 626-5567
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: (212) 965-2200
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.

 

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