JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Petition GRANTED. Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Justice Breyer dissents. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion)

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

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2018.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/31/2018.

Rescheduled.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018.

Brief of respondent Nicholas Beaudreaux in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2018)

Michael Sexton, Warden, Petitioner, represented by Peggy S. Ruffra

Nicholas Beaudreaux, Respondent, represented by Jamie Lee Moore