Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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13-892 | 5th Cir. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2013 |
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Issue: Whether and to what extent the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment entitles a condemned inmate to timely notice of the method by which he will be executed.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Jan 27 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 26, 2014) |
Jan 27 2014 | Application (13A778) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Scalia. |
Jan 28 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
Jan 28 2014 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Allen S. Keller, M.D., et al. |
Jan 29 2014 | Letter from counsel for petitioner dated January 29, 2014, received. (Distributed) |
Jan 30 2014 | Supplemental brief of applicant Christopher Sepulvado filed. |
Jan 31 2014 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales. |
Feb 3 2014 | Second Supplemental brief of applicant Christopher Sepulvado filed. |
Feb 5 2014 | Letter from counsel for applicant dated February 5, 2014, withdrawing application (13A778) for stay of execution received. |
Feb 24 2014 | February 24 supplemental brief of petitioner Christopher Sepulvado filed. |
Feb 25 2014 | Brief of respondent Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana in opposition filed. |
Mar 11 2014 | Reply of petitioner Christopher Sepulvado filed. |
Mar 12 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 28, 2014. |
Mar 27 2014 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Christopher Sepulvado filed. (Distributed) |
Mar 31 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 4, 2014. |
Apr 7 2014 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Allen S. Keller, M.D., et al. GRANTED. |
Apr 7 2014 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales GRANTED. |
Apr 7 2014 | Petition DENIED. |
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