Petition DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 27, 2010.

Reply of petitioner Ralph Baze filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent LaDonna H. Thompson, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Corrections in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 16, 2010)

Ralph Baze, Petitioner, represented by David M. Barron

LaDonna H. Thompson, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Corrections, Respondent, represented by Wm. Robert Long Jr.