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Andre Lee Thomas v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 17-70002 · judgment April 23, 2021

Certiorari denied · October 11, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

MAHOGANE D. REED DANIEL HARAWA NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 700 14th St. NW Ste 600 Washington, DC 20005 DONALD LEE BAILEY 309 N. Willow St. Sherman, TX 75090 Counsel for Petitioner

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Maurie Amanda Levin
Attorney At Law

For respondent
Judd Edward Stone II
Texas Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 22 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Argument & decision

Decided October 11, 2022.

Proceedings

  1. Oct 11 2022
    Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson join, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
  2. Oct 11 2022
    Record returned to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (4 boxes of state court records).
  3. Oct 03 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
  4. Sep 12 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  5. Aug 15 2022
    Record received from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (4 boxes of state court records).
  6. Jun 30 2022
    Record Requested.
  7. Jun 29 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
  8. Jun 21 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
  9. Jun 13 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
  10. Jun 06 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
  11. May 31 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
  12. May 23 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
  13. May 16 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/19/2022.
  14. May 09 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
  15. Apr 25 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
  16. Apr 25 2022
    Rescheduled.
  17. Apr 19 2022
    Rescheduled.
  18. Apr 18 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
  19. Apr 12 2022
    Rescheduled.
  20. Apr 11 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
  21. Mar 28 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
  22. Mar 28 2022
    Rescheduled.
  23. Mar 22 2022
    Rescheduled.
  24. Mar 21 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
  25. Mar 15 2022
    Rescheduled.
  26. Mar 14 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
  27. Mar 01 2022
    Rescheduled.
  28. Feb 28 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
  29. Feb 22 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
  30. Feb 22 2022
    Rescheduled.
  31. Feb 11 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
  32. Feb 11 2022
    Rescheduled.
  33. Jan 18 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
  34. Jan 18 2022
    Rescheduled.
  35. Jan 11 2022
    Rescheduled.
  36. Jan 10 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
  37. Jan 05 2022
    Rescheduled.
  38. Dec 22 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
  39. Dec 17 2021
    Reply of petitioner Andre Thomas filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  40. Dec 07 2021
    Brief of respondent Lumpkin, TDCJ in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  41. Nov 15 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 7, 2021.
  42. Nov 12 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 22, 2021 to December 7, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  43. Oct 22 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Former Prosecutors and Judges filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  44. Oct 08 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2021.
  45. Oct 07 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 22, 2021 to November 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  46. Sep 20 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2021)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service