| No. 14-6873 *** CAPITAL CASE *** | |
| Title: | Mark A. Christeson, Petitioner v. Don Roper, Warden |
| Docketed: | October 27, 2014 |
| Linked with 14A445 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (14-3389) |
| Decision Date: | October 24, 2014 |
| Discretionary Court Decision Date: | October 22, 2014 |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 27 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 26, 2014) |
| Oct 27 2014 | Application (14A445) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Oct 27 2014 | Brief of respondent Don Roper, Warden in opposition filed. |
| Oct 27 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Former Federal and State Judges filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 27 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Ethics Bureau at Yale, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 28 2014 | UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant and the response filed thereto, IT IS ORDERED that the parties are directed to file supplemental briefs by 2:00pm today, October, 28, 2014, regarding whether the record shows that petitioner has authorized Attorney Jennifer A. Merrigan, or Attorney John R. Mills, or Attorney Joseph J. Perkovich to move on his behalf for substitution of counsel appointed pursuant to 18 U. S. C. § 3599. |
| Oct 28 2014 | Reply of petitioner Mark A. Christeson filed. |
| Oct 28 2014 | Supplemental brief of respondent Don Roper, Warden filed. |
| Oct 28 2014 | Supplemental brief of applicant Mark A. Christeson filed. |
| Oct 28 2014 | Application (14A445) referred to the Court. |
| Oct 28 2014 | Application (14A445) granted by the Court. The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted pending the disposition of the petition (14-6873) for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas, and Justice Alito would deny the application for stay of execution. |
| Nov 03 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 7, 2014. |
| Nov 10 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 14, 2014. |
| Nov 17 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 25, 2014. |
| Dec 01 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2014. |
| Dec 08 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 12, 2014. |
| Dec 29 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015. |
| Jan 12 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2015. |
| Jan 20 2015 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED (Opinion per curiam). (Detached Opinion). Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting. (Detached opinion). |
| Oct 28 2014 | UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant and the response filed thereto, IT IS ORDERED that the parties are directed to file supplemental briefs by 2:00pm today, October, 28, 2014, regarding whether the record shows that petitioner has authorized Attorney Jennifer A. Merrigan, or Attorney John R. Mills, or Attorney Joseph J. Perkovich to move on his behalf for substitution of counsel appointed pursuant to 18 U. S. C. § 3599. |
| Feb 23 2015 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Jennifer A. Merrigan | Saint Louis University School of Law 100 N. Tucker Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63101 jenmerrigan@gmail.com | (816) 695-2214 |
| Party name: Mark A. Christeson | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Stephen D. Hawke | Assistant Attorney General Office of the Missouri Attorney General 221 West High Street, PO Box 899 Jefferson City, MO 65102 stephen.hawke@ago.mo.gov | (573) 751-8432 |
| Party name: Don Roper, Warden | ||
| Other | ||
| Lawrence J. Fox | Visiting Lecturer in Law Yale Law School 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511 lawrence.fox@yale.edu | (203) 432-9358 |
| Party name: Ethics Bureau at Yale, et al. | ||
| Tejinder Singh | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 tsingh@goldsteinrussell.com | (202)-362-0636 |
| Party name: Former Federal and State Judges | ||