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No. 25-5469 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
 
Title: Bryan Christopher Bell, Petitioner
v.
North Carolina
Docketed: August 26, 2025
Linked with: 24A1116
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of North Carolina
   Case Numbers: (86A02-2)
   Decision Date: March 21, 2025
Rule 12.4
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 16 2025 Application (24A1116) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 19, 2025 to August 18, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
May 21 2025 Application (24A1116) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 18, 2025.
Aug 18 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 25, 2025)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service Other
Sep 12 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2025 to November 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Sep 17 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 24, 2025.
Sep 19 2025 Brief amici curiae of Emancipate NC, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Sep 24 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Fair and Just Prosecution filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Sep 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of Duke University School of Law Center for Criminal Justice, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Sep 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 24 2025 Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service Other
Dec 09 2025 Reply of petitioner Bryan Christopher Bell, et al. filed. (Distributed) (Corrected brief uploaded 12/12/25)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count Other
Dec 11 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
Jan 12 2026 Petition DENIED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
John Robert Mills
Counsel of Record
Phillips Black
1721 Broadway
Suite 201
Oakland, CA 94612

J.MILLS@PHILLIPSBLACK.ORG
Ph: 888-532-0897
Party name: Bryan Christopher Bell, et al.


Attorneys for Respondent
Sandra Teresa Postell
Counsel of Record
North Carolina Department of Justice
Post Office Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602

tpostell@ncdoj.gov
Ph: 919-716-6558
Party name: State of North Carolina


Other Attorneys
Narendra Kumar Ghosh
Counsel of Record
Patterson Harkavy LLP
100 Europa Drive, Suite 420
Chapel Hill, NC 27517

nghosh@pathlaw.com
Ph: 9199425200
Party name: Federal Courts Scholars


Johanna Helen Cooper Jennings
Counsel of Record
305 Brook Chase Lane
Durham, NC 27705

jennings.johanna@gmail.com
Ph: (919) 358-0915
Party name: The Duke University School of Law Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility and the Duke University School of Law Wilson Center for Science and Justice


Ian Andrew Mance
Counsel of Record
Emancipate NC
P.O. Box 309
Durham, NC 27702

ian@emancipatenc.org
Ph: 8287195755
Party name: Emancipate NC, NC Advocates for Justice, North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, NC State Conference of the NAACP


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: Fair and Just Prosecution, a Project of the Tides Center


 

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