JUDGMENT ISSUED

MANDATE ISSUED

Petition Granted. Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion). Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting. (Detached opinion).

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2016.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 22, 2016.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 15, 2016.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 11, 2015.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 4, 2015.

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DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 13, 2015.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 30, 2015.

Record received from District Court of Louisiana, Livingston Parish. The record is electronic.

Record Requested .

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015.

Reply of petitioner Michael Wearry filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Burl Cain, Warden in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 24, 2015.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 1, 2015)

Michael Wearry, Petitioner, represented by Edward Q. Cassidy

Burl Cain, Warden, Respondent, represented by Patricia Parker Amos