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Docket for 15-1
No. 15-1
Title:
Shermaine Ali Johnson, Petitioner
v.
Carl Manis, Warden
Docketed:June 30, 2015
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(13-7824)
  Decision Date:March 5, 2015
  Rehearing Denied:March 31, 2015

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 29 2015 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 30, 2015)
Jul 27 2015 Waiver of right of respondent Carl Manis, Warden to respond filed.
Aug 5 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015.
Aug 25 2015 Response Requested . (Due September 24, 2015)
Sep 16 2015 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 15, 2015.
Oct 15 2015 Brief of respondent Carl Manis, Warden in opposition filed.
Oct 28 2015 Reply of petitioner Shermaine Ali Johnson filed.
Nov 4 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 24, 2015.
Feb 8 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2016.
Feb 29 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016.
Mar 8 2016 Record Requested .
Mar 14 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2016.
Mar 21 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 25, 2016.
Mar 25 2016 Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of Virginia. The record is electronic and available on PACER. State court records received from Supreme Court of VA and Petersburg Circuit Court (2 boxes).
Mar 28 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 1, 2016.
Apr 11 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 15, 2016.
Apr 18 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 22, 2016.
Apr 25 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 29, 2016.
May 9 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 12, 2016.
May 16 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 19, 2016.
May 23 2016 Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U. S. ____ (2016). Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Alito joins, concurring in the decision to grant, vacate, and remand in this case: The Court has held the petition in this and many other cases pending the decision in Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U. S. ___ (2016). In holding this petition and now vacating and remanding the judgment below, the Court has not assessed whether petitioner�s asserted entitlement to retroactive relief �is properly presented in the case.� Id., at ___ (slip op., at 13). On remand, courts should understand that the Court�s disposition of this petition does not reflect any view regarding petitioner�s entitlement to relief. The Court�s disposition does not, for example, address whether an adequate and independent state ground bars relief, whether petitioner forfeited or waived any entitlement to relief (by, for example, entering into a plea agreement waiving any entitlement to relief), or whether petitioner�s sentence actually qualifies as a mandatory life without parole sentence. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, concurring in the decision to grant, vacate and remand. I concur in the decision to grant, vacate and remand. See Adams v. Alabama, 578 U.S. ____ (2016) (Alito, J., concurring). Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, concurring in the decision to grant, vacate and remand. I concur in the decision to grant, vacate and remand. See Adams v. Alabama, 578 U.S. ____ (2016) (Sotomayor, J., concurring).
Jun 23 2016 Record from U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Virginia has been returned.
Jun 24 2016 JUDGMENT ISSUED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Charles Roe Mills K&L Gates LLP(202) 778-9000
    Counsel of Record1601 K Street NW
Washington, DC  20006
charles.mill@klgates.com
Party name: Shermaine Ali Johnson
Attorneys for Respondent:
Alice T. Armstrong Office of the Attorney General(804) 786-5315
    Counsel of Record900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA  23219
aarmstrong@oag.state.va.us
Party name: Carl Manis, Warden
 
Stuart A. Raphael Solicitor General of Virginia(804) 786-7240
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA  23219
sraphael@oag.state.va.us
Party name: Carl Manis, Warden

 

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