| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jan 4 2011 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2011) |
| Feb 23 2011 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2011. |
| Mar 3 2011 |
Response Requested . (Due April 4, 2011) |
| Mar 25 2011 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 4, 2011. |
| May 4 2011 |
Brief of respondent Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division in opposition filed. |
| May 16 2011 |
Reply of petitioner Rafael Arriaza Gonzalez filed. |
| May 17 2011 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 2, 2011. |
| Jun 6 2011 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 9, 2011. |
| Jun 13 2011 |
Petition GRANTED limited to the following questions: 1. Was there jurisdiction to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U. S. C. �2253(c) and to adjudicate petitioner�s appeal? 2. Was the application for a writ of habeas corpus out of time under 28 U. S. C. �2244(d)(1) due to �the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review�?
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| Jul 1 2011 |
The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 5, 2011. |
| Jul 1 2011 |
The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 14, 2011. |
| Aug 1 2011 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Aug 5 2011 |
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Aug 5 2011 |
Brief of petitioner Rafael Arriaza Gonzalez filed. |
| Aug 8 2011 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, November 2, 2011 |
| Aug 10 2011 |
Record from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit is electronic. |
| Aug 12 2011 |
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Innocence Network filed. |
| Aug 12 2011 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. |
| Aug 17 2011 |
Record received from U.S.D.c. for Northern District of Texas. (1 box) |
| Aug 19 2011 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Sep 14 2011 |
Brief of respondent Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 21 2011 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 21 2011 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Oct 14 2011 |
Reply of petitioner Rafael Arriaza Gonzalez filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 17 2011 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 2 2011 |
Argued. For petitioner: Patricia A. Millett, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Jonathan F. Mitchell, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.; and Ann O'Connell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Nov 3 2011 |
Letter from Counsel for the petitioner filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 10 2012 |
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Feb 13 2012 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Mar 2 2012 |
Record returned to U.D.C. for the Northern District of Texas. |