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No. 21-442 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
 
Title: Rodney Reed, Petitioner
v.
Bryan Goertz
Docketed: September 22, 2021
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-70022)
   Decision Date: April 22, 2021
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 20 2021 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2021)
Petition Appendix Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 13 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 22, 2021 to November 21, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Oct 14 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2021. See Rule 30.1
Oct 22 2021 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Constitutional Accountability Center.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 22 2021 Brief amici curiae of Texas Exonerees Michael Morton and Anthony Graves, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 18 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 22, 2021 to January 5, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Nov 19 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 5, 2022.
Dec 28 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 5, 2022 to January 19, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Dec 29 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 19, 2022.
Jan 19 2022 Brief of respondents Bryan Goertz, et al. in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 01 2022 Reply of petitioner Rodney Reed filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 02 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
Feb 22 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
Feb 28 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
Mar 14 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
Mar 21 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
Mar 28 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
Apr 11 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
Apr 18 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
Apr 25 2022 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Constitutional Accountability Center GRANTED.
Apr 25 2022 Petition GRANTED.
May 02 2022 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Main Document
May 19 2022 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 1, 2022. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 23, 2022.
Jun 14 2022 ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, October, 11, 2022.
Jun 22 2022 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Rodney Reed
Blanket Consent
Jun 22 2022 Record requested from the 5th Circuit.
Jun 22 2022 The record from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Jun 24 2022 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Bryan Goertz, et al.
Blanket Consent
Jul 01 2022 Brief of petitioner Rodney Reed filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jul 01 2022 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Main Document Proof of Service
Jul 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Eight Retired Judges filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jul 08 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Fred Smith Jr. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 08 2022 Brief amici curiae of The Law Enforcement Action Partnership and the National Police Accountability Project filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 08 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 08 2022 Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 08 2022 Brief amici curiae of Texas Exonerees Michael Morton and Anthony Graves, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 08 2022 Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 08 2022 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 08 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Chase Baumgartner filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 21 2022 CIRCULATED
Aug 03 2022 USDC, W. Dist., Tex. record on appeal, including sealed filings, has been electronically received by the Clerk.
Aug 23 2022 Brief of respondent Bryan Goertz filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 30 2022 Brief amici curiae of Montana, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 22 2022 Reply of petitioner Rodney Reed filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 11 2022 Argued. For petitioner: Parker Rider-Longmaid, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Judd E. Stone, II, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.
Apr 19 2023 Judgment REVERSED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kagan, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined.
May 22 2023 Judgment issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Parker Andrew Rider-Longmaid
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
priderlo@skadden.com
Ph: 202-371-7000
Party name: Rodney Reed


Attorneys for Respondents
Lanora Christine Pettit
Counsel of Record
Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548
lanora.pettit@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: Bryan Goertz


Judd Edward Stone II
Texas Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548
JUDD.STONE@OAG.TEXAS.GOV
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: Bryan Goertz


Other Attorneys
James Patrick Davy
Counsel of Record
All Rise Trial & Appellate
P.O. Box 15216
Philadelphia, PA 19125
jimdavy@allriselaw.org
Ph: (215) 792-3579
Party name: The Law Enforcement Action Partnership and the National Police Accountability Project


David Morgan Steven Dewhirst
Counsel of Record
Office of the Solicitor General
P.O. Box 201401
215 North Sanders
Helena, MT 59620-1401
David.Dewhirst@mt.gov
Ph: 406-444-2026
Party name: State of Montana


Gregory Jacob Dubinsky
Counsel of Record
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
gdubinsky@hsgllp.com
Ph: (646) 837-5151
Party name: Professor Fred Smith Jr.


Jessica Lynn Ellsworth
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US, LLP
555 13th Street, N. W.
Washington, DC 20004
jessica.ellsworth@hoganlovells.com
Ph: 202-637-5886
Party name: Eight Retired Judges


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: Constitutional Accountability Center


Sean M. SeLegue
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
sean.selegue@arnoldporter.com
Ph: 415-471-3169
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al.


Samuel Spital
Counsel of Record
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
40 Rector St.
Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10006
sspital@naacpldf.org
Ph: 212-965-2205
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.


Craig E. Stewart
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
555 California Street
Floor 26
San Francisco, CA 94104
cestewart@jonesday.com
Ph: (415) 875-5714
Party name: Texas Exonerees Michael Morton and Anthony Graves, the Innocence Network, and The Constitution Project at the Project on Government Oversight


Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGow
Counsel of Record
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
mvergow@omm.com
Ph: (202)-383-5300
Party name: Federal Courts Scholars


Michael Logan Ware
Counsel of Record
Innocence Project of Texas
300 Burnett Street
Suite 160
Fort Worth, TX 76102
ware@mikewarelaw.com
Ph: 8173384100
Party name: Chase Baumgartner

 

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