| No. 19-5807 | |
| Title: | Thedrick Edwards, Petitioner v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
| Docketed: | September 4, 2019 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (18-31095) |
| Decision Date: | May 20, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 15 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 4, 2019) |
| Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service | |
| Sep 30 2019 | Waiver of right of respondent Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy to respond filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Oct 03 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019. |
| Oct 11 2019 | Response Requested. (Due November 12, 2019) |
| Nov 05 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 12, 2019 to December 12, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Nov 08 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 12, 2019. |
| Dec 12 2019 | Brief of respondent Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy in opposition filed. |
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| Dec 30 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020. |
| Apr 20 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020. |
| Apr 27 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020. |
| May 04 2020 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis GRANTED. Petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether this Court’s decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U. S. ___ (2020), applies retroactively to cases on federal collateral review. |
| May 19 2020 | Joint motion of the parties for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| May 28 2020 | Joint motion of the parties to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted in part. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 15, 2020. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 14, 2020. The reply brief is to be filed in compliance with Rule 25.3. |
| Jul 09 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Thedrick Edwards. |
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| Jul 13 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State. Penitentiary Vannoy |
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| Jul 15 2020 | Joint appendix, including addendum CD of video exhibit, filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Jul 15 2020 | Brief of petitioner Thedrick Edwards filed. |
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| Jul 21 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Center on Race, Inequality, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 21 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Human Rights for Kids and Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights filed. |
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| Jul 21 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The Promise of Justice Initiative, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 21 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Louisiana Professors of Law filed. |
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| Jul 21 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Jonathan F. Mitchell and Adam K. Mortara in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of DKT Liberty Project filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center and Phillips Black, Inc., in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Law Professors and Social Scientists filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Edward L. Tarpley, Jr., et al. filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Innocence Project New Orleans filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Officials filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of JonRe Taylor filed. |
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| Jul 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 02 2020 | Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed. |
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| Sep 08 2020 | Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted, and the time is extended to and including September 28, 2020. |
| Sep 16 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 30, 2020. |
| Sep 28 2020 | Brief of respondent Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy filed. |
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| Oct 05 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Oct 05 2020 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Oct 05 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed. |
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| Oct 05 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of State of Oregon filed. |
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| Oct 08 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. |
| Oct 14 2020 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Oct 19 2020 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 20 2020 | Removed for argument on Monday, November 30, 2020. |
| Oct 20 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. |
| Oct 27 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Oct 28 2020 | Reply of petitioner Thedrick Edwards filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Argued. For petitioner: André Bélanger, Baton Rouge, La. For respondent: Elizabeth Murrill, Solicitor General, Baton Rouge, La.; and Christopher G. Michel, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Jan 27 2021 | Record received from the U.S.D.C Middle District of Louisiana. (1 Box) |
| May 17 2021 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 18 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Jul 26 2021 | Record returned the U.S.D.C Middle District of Louisiana. (1 Box) |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Andre Robert Belanger Counsel of Record | Manasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger 8075 Jefferson Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70809 andre@manassehandgill.com | 225-383-9703 |
| Party name: Thedrick Edwards | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Elizabeth Baker Murrill Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, LA 70084-9005 murrille@ag.louisiana.gov | 225-326-6766 |
| Party name: Darrel, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary Vannoy | ||
| Other | ||
| Jessica Ring Amunson Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 JAmunson@jenner.com | 202-639-6023 |
| Party name: DKT Liberty Project | ||
| Lisa Schiavo Blatt Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 lblatt@wc.com | 202-434-5050 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | ||
| Bennett L. Cohen Counsel of Record | Polsinelli, PC 1401 Eye (“I”) Street, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 bcohen@polsinelli.com | (202) 783-3300 |
| Party name: Human Rights for Kids and Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights | ||
| G. Ben Cohen Counsel of Record | The Promise of Justice Initiative 1024 Elysian Fields New Orleans, LA 70117 bcohen@defendla.org | 504-529-5955 |
| Party name: The Promise of Justice Initiative, et al. | ||
| Allison A. Davis Counsel of Record | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 505 Montgomery Street Suite 800 San Francisco, CA 94111 allisondavis@dwt.com | 415 276 6500 |
| Party name: Edward L. Tarpley, Jr., et al. | ||
| Richard Martin Andrew Davis Counsel of Record | Innocence Project New Orleans 4051 Ulloa Street New Orleans, LA 70119 richardd@ip-no.org | 5049431902 |
| Party name: Innocence Project New Orleans | ||
| Michael R. Dreeben Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 mdreeben@omm.com | 202-383-5300 |
| Party name: Former Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Officials | ||
| Laura G. Ferguson Counsel of Record | Miller & Chevalier Chartered 900 Sixteenth street, NW Washington, DC 20006 lferguson@milchev.com | (202) 626-5567 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Brian H. Fletcher | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Thomas Frampton Counsel of Record | University of Virginia School of Law 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 tframpton@law.virginia.edu | 202-352-8341 |
| Party name: Jonre Taylor | ||
| Matthew Owen Gatewood Counsel of Record | Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP 700 Sixth Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20001 mattgatewood@eversheds-sutherland.com | (202) 383-0122 |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Law Professors and Social Scientists | ||
| Benjamin Noah Gutman Counsel of Record | Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court Street NE Salem, OR 97301 benjamin.gutman@doj.state.or.us | 503-378-4402 |
| Party name: State of Oregon | ||
| Carlos Lugo-Fiol Counsel of Record | P.O. Box 260150 San Juan, PR 00926 clugofiol@gmail.com | (787) 645-4211 |
| Party name: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | ||
| Adam Karl Mortara Counsel of Record | 125 S. Wacker Drive Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60606 adam@mortaralaw.com | 773 750 7154 |
| Party name: Jonathan F. Mitchell and Adam K. Mortara | ||
| Devi Maheswari Rao Counsel of Record | Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center (Washington, DC) 777 6th Street NW 11th Floor Washington, DC 20001 devi.rao@macarthurjustice.org | 2028693434 |
| Party name: Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center and Phillips Black, Inc. | ||
| Stephen Reese Sady Counsel of Record | Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon 101 SW Main Street Suite 1700 Portland, OR 97204 steve_sady@fd.org | 503-326-2123 |
| Party name: Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association | ||
| Vincent Michael Southerland Counsel of Record | Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University School of Law 139 MacDougal Street Suite 416 NEW YORK, NY 10012 vincent.southerland@nyu.edu | (212) 998-6882 |
| Party name: Center on Race, Inequality, et al. | ||
| Samuel Spital Counsel of Record | NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 40 Rector St. 5th Floor New York, NY 10006 sspital@naacpldf.org | (212) 965-2200 |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. | ||