Kuenzel v. Alabama
Petition for certiorari denied on October 31, 2016
Issue: Whether it is fundamentally unfair and violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to require a capital habeas petitioner to bring a successive state habeas petition within six months of the discovery of previously unproduced evidence pursuant to Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(c), when Alabama Code " 6-5-440 would have simultaneously barred such a suit.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kate Howard, September 29, 2016)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 06/06/2016 | Application (15A1241) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 30, 2016 to August 15, 2016, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| 06/07/2016 | Application (15A1241) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until August 15, 2016. |
| 08/15/2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2016) |
| 09/15/2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Edwin Meese, III filed. |
| 09/15/2016 | Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed. |
| 10/05/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 28, 2016. |
| 10/05/2016 | Reply of petitioner William Ernest Kuenzel filed. (Distributed) |
| 10/31/2016 | Petition DENIED. |