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No. 23-1345
Title:Danny Richard Rivers, Petitioner
v.
Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Docketed:June 26, 2024
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(21-11031)
   Decision Date:April 15, 2024
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Jun 24 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2024)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Jul 26 2024Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Jul 26 2024Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Jul 26 2024Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky, et al. filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Aug 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
Aug 12 2024Response Requested. (Due September 11, 2024)
Aug 29 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 11, 2024 to October 11, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Aug 30 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 11, 2024.
Oct 11 2024Brief of respondent Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Oct 29 2024Reply of petitioner Danny Richard Rivers filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Oct 30 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.
Nov 14 2024Rescheduled.
Nov 18 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
Dec 02 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
Dec 06 2024Petition GRANTED.
Jan 21 2025Brief of petitioner Danny Richard Rivers filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Jan 21 2025Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Main DocumentProof of Service
Jan 28 2025Brief amici curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Jan 28 2025Brief amici curiae of Professor Lee Kovarsky, et al. filed. (Corrected version)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Jan 28 2025Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Jan 28 2025Brief amici curiae of Former Federal and State Prosecutors filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Jan 28 2025Brief amicus curiae of Phillips Black, Inc. filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Jan 28 2025Amici brief of Professor Lee Kovarsky, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - January 31, 2025)
Feb 10 2025SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 31, 2025.
Feb 13 2025Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Feb 18 2025Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Feb 19 2025Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and available with the Clerk.
Feb 19 2025CIRCULATED
Feb 20 2025Brief of respondent Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Feb 27 2025Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of Service
Feb 27 2025Brief amicus curiae of Senator John Cornyn filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Feb 27 2025Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Feb 27 2025Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Feb 27 2025Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Feb 27 2025Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
Mar 10 2025Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 20 2025Reply of petitioner Danny Richard Rivers filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Mar 31 2025Argued. For petitioner: Peter A. Bruland, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Aaron L. Nielson, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.; and Matthew Guarnieri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Peter Andrew Bruland
    Counsel of Record		Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

pbruland@sidley.com		202-736-8000
Party name: Danny Richard Rivers
Attorneys for Respondent
Aaron Lloyd Nielson
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

aaron.nielson@oag.texas.gov		512-936-1700
Party name: Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Lori Denise BrodbeckTexas Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711

LORI.BRODBECK@OAG.TEXAS.GOV		(512) 936-6424
Party name: Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Lanora Christine PettitOffice of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

lanora.pettit@oag.texas.gov		512-936-1700
Party name: Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Jennifer WissingerOffice of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711

jennifer.wissinger@oag.texas.gov		512-936-1400
Party name: Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Other
D. John Sauer
    Counsel of Record		Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV		202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Hugh J. Burns Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Pennsylvania Attorney General
1600 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

hburns@attorneygeneral.gov		215 429 2968
Party name: The States of the Third Circuit, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
Dylan Leslie Jacobs
    Counsel of Record		Arkansas Attorney General's Office
323 Center St, Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72201

DYLAN.JACOBS@ARKANSASAG.GOV		501-682-3661
Party name: State of Arkansas, State of Georgia, and 21 Other States
Stephen Blake Kinnaird
    Counsel of Record		Paul Hastings LLP
2050 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

stephenkinnaird@paulhastings.com		(202) 551-1700
Party name: Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky et al.
Jonathan Michael Kirshbaum
    Counsel of Record		Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada
411 E.Bonneville Avenue, Suite 250
Las Vegas, NV 89104

jonathan_kirshbaum@fd.org		(702) 388-6577
Party name: National Association of Federal Defenders and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Owen Joseph McGovern
    Counsel of Record		Beck Redden LLP
1221 McKinney St., Suite 4500
Houston, TX 77010

omcgovern@beckredden.com		713.951.6210
Party name: U.S. Senator John Cornyn
John Robert Mills
    Counsel of Record		Phillips Black, Inc.
1721 Broadway
Suite 201
Oakland, CA 94612

J.MILLS@PHILLIPSBLACK.ORG		888-532-0897
Party name: Phillips Black, Inc.
Jarrod Avery Nagurka
    Counsel of Record		Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036

jarrod.a.nagurka@gmail.com		703-473-5097
Party name: Former Federal and State Prosecutors
David Foster Ness
    Counsel of Record		Federal Defenders of Montana
104 2nd Street South
Suite 301
Great Falls, MT 59401

DAVID_NESS@FD.ORG		406-727-5328
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Kent S. Scheidegger
    Counsel of Record		Criminal Justice Legal Fdtn.
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95816

briefs@cjlf.org		9164460345
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Igor Victor TimofeyevPaul Hasstings LLP
2050 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

igortimofeyev@paulhastings.com		(202) 551-1700
Party name: Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky et al.
Andrew Timothy Tutt
    Counsel of Record		Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

ANDREW.TUTT@ARNOLDPORTER.COM		202-942-5000
Party name: Former Federal Judges

 

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