No. 11-10189     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Carlos Trevino, Petitioner
v.
Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Docketed:May 7, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(10-70004)
  Decision Date:November 14, 2011
  Rehearing Denied:January 31, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Apr 30 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 6, 2012)
Jun 5 2012 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 6, 2012.
Jun 6 2012 Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed.
Aug 6 2012 Brief of respondent Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division in opposition filed.
Aug 16 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.
Aug 30 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.
Sep 1 2012 Reply of petitioner Carlos Trevino filed. (Distributed)
Oct 11 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 26, 2012.
Oct 29 2012 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Dec 6 2012 Consent to the fiiing of amicus curiae briefs , in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
Dec 13 2012 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Dec 13 2012 Brief of petitioner Carlos Trevino filed.
Dec 18 2012 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 25, 2013.
Dec 19 2012 Brief amici curiae of University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Clinic, et al. filed.
Dec 20 2012 Brief amicus curiae of State Bar of Texas in support of neither party filed.
Jan 4 2013 CIRCULATED.
Jan 14 2013 Brief of respondent Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)
Jan 16 2013 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit. (1 box)
Jan 22 2013 Brief amici curiae of Utah and 24 Other States filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2013 Brief amici curiae of Families of Linda Salinas and Other Crime Victims filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 30 2013 Record from U.S.D.C. for Western District of Texas is electronic.
Jan 30 2013 Supplemental Record (sealed documents) recieved from U.S.D.C. for Western District of Texas.
Feb 13 2013 Reply of petitioner Carlos Trevino filed. (Distributed)
Feb 25 2013 Argued. For petitioner: Warren A. Wolf, San Antonio, Tex. For respondent: Andrew S. Oldham, Deputy Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.
Mar 1 2013 Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Carlos Trevino.
Mar 13 2013 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 29, 2013.
Apr 1 2013 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.
May 28 2013 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.
Jul 1 2013 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 1 2013 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 2 2013 Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the 5th Circuit 1 box.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Warren Alan Wolf 115 E. Travis Street(210) 225-0055
    Counsel of RecordSuite 746
San Antonio, TX  78205-0000
wwolf711@aol.com
Party name: Carlos Trevino
Attorneys for Respondent:
Andrew S. Oldham Deputy Solicitor General(512) 936-1862
    Counsel of Record Office of Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059)
Austin, TX  78701-2548
andy.oldham@texasattorneygeneral.gov
Party name: Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
 
Jonathan F. Mitchell Solicitor General of Texas(512) 936-1695
Texas Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX  78711-2548
jonathan.mitchell@oag.state.tx.us
Party name: Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
 
Robert C. Owen Northwestern University School of Law(312) 503-0135
375 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL  60611-3059
robert.owen@law.northwestern.edu
Party name: University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Clinic, et al.
 
Fredericka Sargent Assistant Attorney General(512) 936-1400
P. O. Box 12548
Capitol Station
Austin, TX  78711
Party name: Rick Thaler, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Other:
Ryan P. Bates Bates PLLC(512) 694-5268
3300 Harris Park Avemue
Austin, TX  78705
rbates@batespllc,com
Party name: Families of Linda Salinas and Other Crime Victims
 
Ralph Haney Brock Ralph H. Brock, PLLC(806) 763-5671
P.O. Box 959
Lubbock, TX  79408-0959
Brock@RHBrock.com
Party name: State Bar of Texas in support of neither party
 
Laura B. Dupaix Chief, Criminal Appeals Division(801) 366-0180
Office of the Utah Attorney General
160 East 300 South, 6th Floor
PO Box 140854
Salt Lake City, UT  84114-0854
ldupaix@utah.gov
Party name: Utah and 24 Other States
 
Lawrence D. Rosenberg Jones Day(202) 879-3939
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20001
ldrosenberg@jonesday.com
Party name: Former Federal Judges
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation