Petition DENIED. (orders list)

Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 24, 2006.

Reply of petitioner Gerald K. Washington, Acting Warden filed.

Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent.

Brief of respondent William Wilton Morrisette, III in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 26, 2006)

Gerald K. Washington, Acting Warden, Petitioner, represented by Katherine P. Baldwin

William Wilton Morrisette, III, Respondent, represented by Michele J. Brace