Decided

No. 11-10189

Carlos Trevino v. Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

See other cases from the Fifth Circuit.

Docket Entries

Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the 5th Circuit 1 box.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion for the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined.

Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Warren A. Wolf, Esquire, of San Antonio, Texas, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 29, 2013.

Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Carlos Trevino.

Argued. For petitioner: Warren A. Wolf, San Antonio, Tex. For respondent: Andrew S. Oldham, Deputy Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.

Reply of petitioner Carlos Trevino filed. (Distributed)

Supplemental Record (sealed documents) recieved from U.S.D.C. for Western District of Texas.

Record from U.S.D.C. for Western District of Texas is electronic.

Brief amici curiae of Families of Linda Salinas and Other Crime Victims filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Utah and 24 Other States filed. (Distributed)

Record received from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit. (1 box)

Brief of respondent Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Brief amicus curiae of State Bar of Texas in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Clinic, et al. filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 25, 2013.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

Brief of petitioner Carlos Trevino filed.

Consent to the fiiing of amicus curiae briefs , in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 26, 2012.

Reply of petitioner Carlos Trevino filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.

Brief of respondent Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 6, 2012.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 6, 2012)

Parties

Carlos Trevino, Petitioner, represented by Warren Alan Wolf

Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent, represented by Fredericka Sargent

Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent, represented by Jonathan F. Mitchell

Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent, represented by Andrew S. Oldham

University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Clinic, et al., Respondent, represented by Robert C. Owen

Amici Curiae

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger

Families of Linda Salinas and Other Crime Victims, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ryan P. Bates

Former Federal Judges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence D. Rosenberg

State Bar of Texas in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ralph Haney Brock

Utah and 24 Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Laura B. Dupaix

 
Last updated: February 16, 2016