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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

Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is counsel to the petitioner in this case.

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)
Jan 20 2015Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2015)
Feb 23 2015Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 18, 2015.
Mar 18 2015Brief of respondents Marshall L. Fisher, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
Apr 2 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 17, 2015.
Apr 2 2015Reply of petitioner Richard Gerald Jordan filed. (Distributed)
Apr 17 2015Record Requested .
Apr 17 2015Record received from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. The record is electronic.
Apr 20 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 24, 2015.
Apr 20 2015Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the Southern District of Mississippi. The record is electronic.
Apr 22 2015Record received from Mississippi State Courts (4 boxes).
Apr 27 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 1, 2015.
May 4 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 14, 2015.
May 18 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 21, 2015.
May 26 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 28, 2015.
Jun 1 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 4, 2015.
Jun 8 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 11, 2015.
Jun 15 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 18, 2015.
Jun 22 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 25, 2015.
Jun 29 2015Petition DENIED Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg and Justice Kagan join, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Jul 30 2015Records for the Southern Dist. of Mississippi, has been returned.