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Argued. For petitioner: Robert M. Overing, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala.; and Harry Graver, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C.
CIRCULATED
Reply of petitioner Commissioner, Alabama Dept. of Corrections filed.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Katie Kronick filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association, et al. filed.
Motion to file Volume III of the joint appendix with redactions GRANTED.
REMOVED from the argument calendar for Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
Brief of respondent Joseph Clifton Smith filed.
Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama and available with the Clerk.
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. (Note: Removed from November argument calendar on September 18, 2025).
Brief amici curiae of State of Idaho, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of petitioner filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Kentucky filed.
Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
Joint appendix Volume III filed (9/22/25).
Joint motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix with redactions.
Joint appendix, Volume I and Volume II filed.
Brief of petitioner Commissioner, Alabama Dept. of Corrections filed.
Motion to extend the time within which to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 4, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 17, 2025.
Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether and how courts may consider the cumulative effect of multiple IQ scores in assessing an <i>Atkins</i> claim.
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
Reply of petitioner John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Dept. of Corrections filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent Joseph Clifton Smith in opposition filed.
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Joseph Clifton Smith.
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Brief amici curiae of Idaho, et al. filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 16, 2025 (30-day extension of time).
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 17, 2025 to April 16, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 17, 2025)
Commissioner, Alabama Dept. of Corrections, Petitioner, represented by Robert Michael Overing
Joseph Clifton Smith, Respondent, represented by Seth P. Waxman
Joseph Clifton Smith, Respondent, represented by Kacey Keeton
America First Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher E. Mills
American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and The Alabama Psychological Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Melissa Arbus Sherry
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger
Professor Katie Kronick, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew Timothy Tutt
State of Idaho, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan Michael Hurst
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), the Arc of the United States, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), Amicus Curiae, represented by Ann Marie Delpha
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew Franklin Kuhn
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer