No. 24-6727

David Wood v. Rachel Patton, Assistant Attorney General

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-10
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: article-iii-standing declaratory-judgment judicial-review plaintiff-injury redressability state-official
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-06-26 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Article III standing require a particularized determination of whether a specific state official will redress the plaintiff's injury by following a favorable declaratory judgment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Does Article III standing require a particularized determination of whether a specific state official will redress the plaintiff’s injury by following a favorable declaratory judgment? ii PARTIES BELOW All parties are listed on the cover page in the case caption . There are no corporate parties involved in this case. iii LIST OF RELATED CASES Wood v. State , No. AP -77,107, 693 S.W.3d 308 (Tex. Crim. App. 2024) . Wood v. Patton , No. 1:24 -cv-01058RP, 2025 WL 629282 (W.D. Tex. Feb. 19, 2025). Wood v. Patton , No. 25 -70004, 2025 WL 732836 __ F.4th __ (5th Cir. March 7, 2025).

Docket Entries

2025-08-01
Judgment Issued.
2025-06-30
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>Gutierrez</i> v. <i>Saenz</i>, 606 U. S. ___ (2025). Justice Thomas would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari.
2025-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-24
Reply of David Wood submitted.
2025-03-24
Reply of petitioner David Wood filed.
2025-03-14
Order issued by Justice Alito: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicant, and the response filed thereto, it is ordered that in light of the stay of execution granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on March 11, 2025 (case No. WR-45,746-04), the application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito is denied as moot.
2025-03-11
Brief of Rachel Patton in opposition submitted.
2025-03-11
Brief of respondent Rachel Patton, Assistant Attorney General, in opposition filed.
2025-03-09
2025-03-09
Application (24A860) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

David Wood
Jeremy Don SchepersFederal Public Defender Northern District of TX, Petitioner
Rachel Patton
Katherine Davis AbellOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent
Rachel Leigh PattonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent