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Avery v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on March 23, 2020

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
19-633	6th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2019

Issue: Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Nov 15 2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2019)
Dec 12 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 16, 2019 to January 15, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 13 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 15, 2020.
Jan 08 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 15, 2020 to January 29, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 09 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 29, 2020.
Jan 29 2020	Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Feb 12 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
Feb 12 2020	Reply of petitioner Edwin Arthur Avery filed.
Mar 02 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
Mar 16 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
Mar 23 2020	Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Kavanaugh respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)