Petition DENIED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 22, 2013.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 12, 2012.

Reply of petitioner Shamakh Alshaif filed.

Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed.

Response Requested . (Due September 17, 2012)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.

Waiver of right of respondent North Carolina to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 16, 2012)

Shamakh Alshaif, Petitioner, represented by Benjamin Dowling-Sendor

North Carolina, Respondent, represented by Robert C. Montgomery