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James Melvin Smith v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 17-1979 · judgment October 13, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 14, 2018

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kerry Gerace Levy
Federal Community Defender, Capital Habeas Unit

For respondent
Nancy Winkelman
District Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A883

Proceedings

  1. May 14 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 25 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
  3. Apr 23 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents John E Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Apr 10 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 16, 2018)
  5. Feb 22 2018
    Application (17A883) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 10, 2018.
  6. Feb 09 2018
    Application (17A883) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 21, 2018 to April 10, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.
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