Stephens v. Gongora

Petition for certiorari denied on January 13, 2014

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-592	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2013

Issue: Whether a federal court that bases its harmless error decision on the "grave doubt" rule of O'Neal v. McAninch can condemn a state court"s harmless-error decision as "so lacking in justification that there was an error well understood and comprehended in existing law beyond any possibility for fairminded disagreement," Harrington v. Richter, such that 28 U.S.C. 2254(d) will not bar federal habeas relief.

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Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer, January 8, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/12/2013	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2013)
12/13/2013	Brief of respondent Nelson Gongora in opposition filed.
12/13/2013	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Nelson Gongora.
12/24/2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014.
12/31/2013	Reply of petitioner William Stephens, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)
01/13/2014	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
01/13/2014	Petition DENIED.