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Jordan v. Fisher

Petition for certiorari denied on June 29, 2015

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
14-8035 5th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2014

Issue: (1) Whether it is error to deny a habeas petitioner a certificate of appealability in a case in which the state supreme court was divided and another federal court of appeals would recognize his claim; and (2) whether the fact that the prosecutor did not expand the sentence to which the defendant was exposed prohibits a finding of prosecutorial vindictiveness.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/20/2015Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2015)
02/23/2015Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 18, 2015.
03/18/2015Brief of respondents Marshall L. Fisher, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
04/02/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 17, 2015.
04/02/2015Reply of petitioner Richard Gerald Jordan filed. (Distributed)
04/17/2015Record Requested .
04/17/2015Record received from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. The record is electronic.
04/20/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 24, 2015.
04/20/2015Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the Southern District of Mississippi. The record is electronic.
04/22/2015Record received from Mississippi State Courts (4 boxes).
04/27/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 1, 2015.
05/04/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 14, 2015.
05/18/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 21, 2015.
05/26/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 28, 2015.
06/01/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 4, 2015.
06/08/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 11, 2015.
06/15/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 18, 2015.
06/22/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 25, 2015.
06/29/2015Petition DENIED Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg and Justice Kagan join, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
07/30/2015Records for the Southern Dist. of Mississippi, has been returned.