No. 21-1512

San Bernardino County District Attorney, et al. v. Kevin Cooper, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights death-penalty due-process federal-courts governor-powers judicial-intervention ninth-circuit standing state-law
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit improperly denied Petitioners intervention in death-penalty-litigation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Capital Case 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit improperly denied Petitioners intervention in death penalty litigation by deviating both from this Court’s precedent and that of the circuit. 2. Whether a state governor may manipulate the federal courts in order to thwart imposition of state law indefinitely, both by other state constitutional officers and by any successor in the office of governor.

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondents GRANTED.
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.
2022-09-14
Reply of petitioners San Bernardino County District Attorney, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-09-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-24
Brief of respondents Albert Greenwood Brown, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-08-24
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondents Albert Greenwood Brown, et al.
2022-08-23
Brief of respondents California Governor Gavin Newsom, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-07-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 24, 2022.
2022-07-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 4, 2022 to August 24, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-06-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 4, 2022.
2022-06-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2022 to August 4, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-05-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2022)

Attorneys

Albert Greenwood Brown, Kevin Cooper, Anthonly J. Scully, Ronald Lee Deere, Robert G. Fairbank,
John R. GreleLaw Office of John R Grele, Respondent
California Governor Gavin Newsom, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections Kathleen Allison, and Warden of San Quentin State Prison Ron Broomfield
Helen H. HongCal. Dept of Justice, Office of Solicitor General, Respondent
San Bernardino County District Attorney, et al.
Robert Paul BrownSan Bernardino County District Attorney's Office, Petitioner