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Patrick H. Murphy v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-70007 · judgment March 27, 2019


Certiorari denied · November 4, 2019

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David R. Dow

For respondent
Matthew Dennis Ottoway
Assistant Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A985

Argument & decision

Decided March 28, 2019.

Proceedings

  1. Nov 04 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 17 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
  3. Oct 14 2019
    Reply of petitioner Patrick Henry Murphy filed.
  4. Sep 27 2019
    Brief of respondents Bryan Collier, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. 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.
  6. Aug 21 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 28, 2019 to September 27, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. 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.
  8. Jul 22 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 29, 2019 to August 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Jun 25 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)
  10. 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)
  11. 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.
  12. Mar 28 2019
    Response to application from respondent Bryan Collier, et al. filed.
  13. 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.
  14. Mar 28 2019
    Application (18A985) referred to the Court.
  15. 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)