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Reed v. Goertz

Petition for certiorari denied on March 23, 2026. Justice Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson.

Docket No. Op. BelowArgument Opinion Vote Author Term
24-1268 5th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2025

Issue: Whether Article 64 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as authoritatively construed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, violates due process by arbitrarily denying prisoners access to postconviction DNA testing, rendering illusory prisoners’ state-created right to prove their innocence through newly discovered evidence.

Times Relisted: 8

SCOTUSblog Coverage

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/10/2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2025)
07/08/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 14, 2025 to August 13, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
07/10/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 13, 2025.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Chase Baumgartner filed.
08/13/2025Brief of respondent Bryan Goertz in opposition filed.
08/27/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
08/27/2025Reply of petitioner Rodney Reed filed. (Distributed)
09/08/2025Record Requested.
09/08/2025The record of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is available on PACER.
09/15/2025The electronic record on appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee was received. All other records are available on PACER.
09/17/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
10/07/2025Rescheduled.
10/14/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
10/14/2025Rescheduled.
11/03/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
11/03/2025Rescheduled.
11/10/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
11/10/2025Rescheduled.
11/17/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
11/18/2025Rescheduled.
12/01/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
12/08/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
01/05/2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
01/12/2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
01/20/2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
02/13/2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
02/23/2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
03/02/2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
03/16/2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
03/23/2026Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson join, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)