| No. 23-1345 | |
| Title: | Danny Richard Rivers, Petitioner v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
| Docketed: | June 26, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-11031) |
| Decision Date: | April 15, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jun 24 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2024) |
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| Jul 26 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
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| Jul 26 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed. |
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| Jul 26 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024. |
| Aug 12 2024 | Response Requested. (Due September 11, 2024) |
| Aug 29 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 11, 2024 to October 11, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Aug 30 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 11, 2024. |
| Oct 11 2024 | Brief of respondent Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice in opposition filed. |
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| Oct 29 2024 | Reply of petitioner Danny Richard Rivers filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 30 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024. |
| Nov 14 2024 | Rescheduled. |
| Nov 18 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024. |
| Dec 02 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024. |
| Dec 06 2024 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jan 21 2025 | Brief of petitioner Danny Richard Rivers filed. |
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| Jan 21 2025 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Jan 28 2025 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
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| Jan 28 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Professor Lee Kovarsky, et al. filed. (Corrected version) |
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| Jan 28 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed. |
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| Jan 28 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Federal and State Prosecutors filed. |
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| Jan 28 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Phillips Black, Inc. filed. |
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| Jan 28 2025 | Amici brief of Professor Lee Kovarsky, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - January 31, 2025) |
| Feb 10 2025 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 31, 2025. |
| Feb 13 2025 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. |
| Feb 18 2025 | Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER. |
| Feb 19 2025 | Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and available with the Clerk. |
| Feb 19 2025 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 20 2025 | Brief of respondent Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 27 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 27 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Senator John Cornyn filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 27 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 27 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 27 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 27 2025 | 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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| Mar 10 2025 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Peter Andrew Bruland Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 pbruland@sidley.com | 202-736-8000 |
| Party name: Danny Richard Rivers | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Aaron Lloyd Nielson Counsel of Record | Office of the Texas Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 aaron.nielson@oag.texas.gov | 512-936-1700 |
| Party name: Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | ||
| Lori Denise Brodbeck | Texas Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 Austin, TX 78711 LORI.BRODBECK@OAG.TEXAS.GOV | (512) 936-6424 |
| Party name: Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | ||
| Lanora Christine Pettit | Office of the Texas Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 lanora.pettit@oag.texas.gov | 512-936-1700 |
| Party name: Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | ||
| Jennifer Wissinger | Office of the Texas Attorney General P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711 jennifer.wissinger@oag.texas.gov | 512-936-1400 |
| Party name: Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | ||
| Other | ||
| Hugh J. Burns Jr. Counsel of Record | Pennsylvania Attorney General 1600 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 hburns@attorneygeneral.gov | 215 429 2968 |
| Party name: The States of the Third Circuit, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware | ||
| Sarah M. Harris Counsel of Record | 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 | ||
| Dylan Leslie Jacobs Counsel of Record | Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center St, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201 DYLAN.JACOBS@ARKANSASAG.GOV | 501-682-3661 |
| Party name: State of Arkansas, State of Georgia, and 21 Other States | ||
| Stephen Blake Kinnaird Counsel of Record | Paul Hastings LLP 2050 M Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 stephenkinnaird@paulhastings.com | (202) 551-1700 |
| Party name: Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky et al. | ||
| Jonathan Michael Kirshbaum Counsel of Record | Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada 411 E.Bonneville Avenue, Suite 250 Las Vegas, NV 89104 jonathan_kirshbaum@fd.org | (702) 388-6577 |
| Party name: National Association of Federal Defenders and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Owen Joseph McGovern Counsel of Record | Beck Redden LLP 1221 McKinney St., Suite 4500 Houston, TX 77010 omcgovern@beckredden.com | 713.951.6210 |
| Party name: U.S. Senator John Cornyn | ||
| John Robert Mills Counsel of Record | Phillips Black, Inc. 1721 Broadway Suite 201 Oakland, CA 94612 J.MILLS@PHILLIPSBLACK.ORG | 888-532-0897 |
| Party name: Phillips Black, Inc. | ||
| Jarrod Avery Nagurka Counsel of Record | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 jarrod.a.nagurka@gmail.com | 703-473-5097 |
| Party name: Former Federal and State Prosecutors | ||
| David Foster Ness Counsel of Record | Federal Defenders of Montana 104 2nd Street South Suite 301 Great Falls, MT 59401 DAVID_NESS@FD.ORG | 406-727-5328 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Kent S. Scheidegger Counsel of Record | Criminal Justice Legal Fdtn. 2131 L Street Sacramento, CA 95816 briefs@cjlf.org | 9164460345 |
| Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation | ||
| Igor Victor Timofeyev | Paul Hasstings LLP 2050 M Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 igortimofeyev@paulhastings.com | (202) 551-1700 |
| Party name: Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky et al. | ||
| Andrew Timothy Tutt Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 ANDREW.TUTT@ARNOLDPORTER.COM | 202-942-5000 |
| Party name: Former Federal Judges | ||