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Judgment Issued.
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Jackson, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1345_g3bh.pdf'>opinion</a> for a unanimous Court.
Argued. For petitioner: Peter A. Bruland, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Aaron L. Nielson, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.; and Matthew Guarnieri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Reply of petitioner Danny Richard Rivers filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Senator John Cornyn filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division filed. (Distributed)
CIRCULATED
Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and available with the Clerk.
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 31, 2025.
Brief amici curiae of Former Federal and State Prosecutors filed.
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Brief amici curiae of Professor Lee Kovarsky, et al. filed. (Corrected version)
Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Phillips Black, Inc. filed.
Amici brief of Professor Lee Kovarsky, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - January 31, 2025)
Brief of petitioner Danny Richard Rivers filed.
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Petition GRANTED.
Rescheduled.
Reply of petitioner Danny Richard Rivers filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice in opposition filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 11, 2024.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 11, 2024 to October 11, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Response Requested. (Due September 11, 2024)
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2024)
Danny Richard Rivers, Petitioner, represented by Peter Andrew Bruland
Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent, represented by Aaron Lloyd Nielson
Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent, represented by Lori Denise Brodbeck
Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent, represented by Lanora Christine Pettit
Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent, represented by Jennifer Wissinger
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger
Former Federal and State Prosecutors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jarrod Avery Nagurka
Former Federal Judges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew Timothy Tutt
Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen Blake Kinnaird
Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Igor Victor Timofeyev
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Foster Ness
National Association of Federal Defenders and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Michael Kirshbaum
Phillips Black, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by John Robert Mills
State of Arkansas, State of Georgia, and 21 Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dylan Leslie Jacobs
The States of the Third Circuit, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, Amicus Curiae, represented by Hugh J. Burns Jr.
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer
U.S. Senator John Cornyn, Amicus Curiae, represented by Owen Joseph McGovern