Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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14-10376 | 6th Cir. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2015 |
Issue: (1) Whether the Sixth Circuit’s ruling – that the lack of Supreme Court case law holding that references to a victim’s pregnancy when the pregnancy is not an issue at trial violates due process means no “clearly established” law exists for purposes of 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) – conflicts with this Court’s rulings holding that “clearly established” law does not require a case with an identical fact pattern but instead includes legal principles and standards flowing from precedent and general standards designed to apply to a myriad of factual situations; and (2) whether this Court’s standard that a state evidentiary ruling can be so egregious as to deny a defendant fundamental fairness and thus violate the federal due process clause is broad enough to constitute “clearly established” law that applies when the prosecution introduces irrelevant evidence of a victim’s pregnancy; and, if so, whether the evidence regarding the victim’s pregnancy and the prosecutor’s ensuing argument are “contrary to” or an “unreasonable application of” this “clearly established” law.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Jun 18 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 23, 2015) |
Jul 20 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 21, 2015. |
Sep 21 2015 | Brief of respondent Randy White, Warden in opposition filed. |
Sep 28 2015 | Reply of petitioner Roger L. Wheeler filed. |
Oct 7 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 30, 2015. |
Nov 2 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 6, 2015. |
Nov 9 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 13, 2015. |
Nov 13 2015 | Record Requested . |
Nov 16 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 24, 2015. |
Nov 17 2015 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the 6th Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER. |
Nov 30 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 4, 2015. |
Nov 30 2015 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the Western District of Kentucky. The record is electronic and available on PACER. |
Dec 7 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 11, 2015. |
Dec 14 2015 | Petition DENIED. |
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