| Mar 28 2019 | Application (18A985) for a stay of execution of sentence of death pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Alito. |
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| Mar 28 2019 | Response to application from respondent Bryan Collier, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 28 2019 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. |
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| Mar 28 2019 | Application (18A985) referred to the Court. |
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| Mar 28 2019 | Application (18A985) granted by the Court. The application for a stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is granted. The State may not carry out Murphy’s execution pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari unless the State permits Murphy’s Buddhist spiritual advisor or another Buddhist reverend of the State’s choosing to accompany Murphy in the execution chamber during the execution.
JUSTICE THOMAS and JUSTICE GORSUCH would deny the application for a stay of execution.
Justice Kavanaugh, concurring in grant of application for stay. (Detached Opinion) |
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| May 13 2019 | Justice Kavanaugh concurs in grant of application for stay. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch join, dissents from grant of application for stay. (Detached opinions) |
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| Jun 25 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2019) |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 29, 2019 to August 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jul 24 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 28, 2019. |
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| Aug 21 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 28, 2019 to September 27, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Aug 23 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 27, 2019. |
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| Sep 27 2019 | Brief of respondents Bryan Collier, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Oct 14 2019 | Reply of petitioner Patrick Henry Murphy filed. |
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| Oct 17 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019. |
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| Nov 04 2019 | Petition DENIED. |
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