Decided

No. 15-7553

Christopher Anthony Floyd v. Alabama

from the Supreme Court of Alabama

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED

MANDATE ISSUED

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Foster v. Chatman, 578 U. S. ____ (2016). Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting from the decision to grant, vacate, and remand in this case: I would deny the petition for the reasons set out in my statement in Flowers v. Mississippi, 579 U. S. ____ (2016) (Alito, J., dissenting from the decision to grant, vacate, and remand).

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 16, 2016.

Record received from the Supreme Court of Alabama. The record is electronic.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 9, 2016.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 2, 2016.

Record Requested .

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 26, 2016.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 1, 2016.

Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 2, 2016.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 1, 2016)

Application (15A493) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 18, 2015.

Application (15A493) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 19, 2015 to December 18, 2015, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Parties

Christopher Anthony Floyd, Petitioner, represented by Randall S. Susskind

Alabama, Respondent, represented by J. Clayton Crenshaw

 
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