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Argued. For petitioner: Joseph J. Perkovich, New York, N. Y. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondents: Scott G. Stewart, Solicitor General, Jackson, Miss.; and Emily M. Ferguson, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Reply of petitioner Terry Pitchford filed. (Distributed)
Motion to appoint counsel DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
Brief amici curiae of State of Alabama and 19 Other States filed. (Corrected - March 20, 2026). (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of United States of America filed. (Distributed)
Amicus brief of State of Alabama and 19 Other States not accepted for filing. (March 12, 2026 - To be corrected.)
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Terry Pitchford.
Brief of respondents Cain, Comm'r, MS DOC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
CIRCULATED
Sealed material received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and available with the Clerk. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Brief amici curiae of Fair and Just Prosecution, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Linda Lee, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus filed.
Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Habeas Corpus Scholars filed.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
Joint appendix Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Brief of petitioner Terry Pitchford filed.
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether, under the standards set forth in AEDPA, 28 U. S. C. ยง2254(d), the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably determined that petitioner waived his right to rebut the prosecutor's asserted race-neutral reasons for exercising peremptory strikes against four black jurors.
Reply of petitioner Terry Pitchford filed.
Brief of respondent Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus filed.
Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Elected Prosecutors, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Linda Lee, et al. filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 4, 2025.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 3, 2025 to August 4, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 3, 2025)
Application (24A1022) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 28, 2025.
Application (24A1022) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 28, 2025 to June 27, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
Terry Pitchford, Petitioner, represented by Joseph John Perkovich
Terry Pitchford, Petitioner, represented by Jo-Ann Tamila Sagar
Cain, Comm'r, MS DOC, et al., Respondent, represented by Scott Grant Stewart
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, and Fred T. Korematsu Center For Law and Equality, Amicus Curiae, represented by Katherine Lindsay Pringle
Constitutional Accountability Center and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod
Current and Former Elected Prosecutors, Former Attorney General and Federal and State Judges, and Fair and Just Prosecution, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Hirotsu Woofter
Fair and Just Prosecution, the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, and 40 Current and Former Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Officials, and Former Judges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Hirotsu Woofter
Habeas Corpus Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Geoffrey Cameron Shaw
Linda Lee, Patricia Tidwell Hubbard, and Carlos Ward, Amicus Curiae, represented by Amy Rebekah Upshaw
Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Tucker Carrington
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ashley Michelle Burrell
State of Alabama and 19 Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alexander Barrett Bowdre
The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kimberly Joanne Broecker
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer