No. 22-982
Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. Danny Lee Jones
Tags: capital-case capital-punishment credibility-findings district-court district-court-deference habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review strickland strickland-standard
Latest Conference:
2023-12-08
(distributed 9 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the Ninth Circuit violate this Court's precedents by employing a flawed methodology for assessing Strickland prejudice when it disregarded the district court's factual and credibility findings and excluded evidence in aggravation and the State's rebuttal when it reversed the district court and granted habeas relief?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Ninth Circuit violate this Court's precedents by employing a flawed methodology for assessing Strickland prejudice when it disregarded the district court's factual and credibility findings and excluded evidence in aggravation and the State's rebuttal when it reversed the district court and granted habeas relief?
Docket Entries
2024-07-01
Judgment Issued.
2024-05-31
Record returned to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (Phoenix Division) (3 boxes).
2024-05-30
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan, J., joined. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
2024-04-17
Argued. For petitioner: Jason D. Lewis, Deputy Solicitor General, Phoenix, Ariz. For respondent: Jean-Claude Andre, Santa Monica, Cal.
2024-04-04
Reply of petitioner Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections filed. (Distributed)
2024-03-20
Brief amicus curiae of The Arizona Capital Representation Project filed. (Distributed)
2024-03-20
Brief amicus curiae of Equal Justice U.S.A. filed. (Distributed)
2024-03-20
Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-03-20
CIRCULATED
2024-03-13
Brief of respondent Danny Lee Jones filed.
2024-02-21
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
2024-02-16
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
2024-02-07
Motion to extend the time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including March 13, 2024.
2024-02-05
Brief amici curiae of South Dakota, et al. filed.
2024-01-30
Motion for an extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed.
2024-01-29
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.)
2024-01-29
Brief of petitioner Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections filed.
2023-12-13
Petition GRANTED.
2023-12-13
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
2023-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-12-01
Rescheduled.
2023-11-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
2023-11-27
Record received from the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (Phoenix Division) (3 boxes).
2023-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
2023-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
2023-10-31
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER.
2023-10-31
Record Requested.
2023-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
2023-10-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
2023-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
2023-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-31
Reply of petitioner Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections filed.
2023-08-23
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Danny Lee Jones.
2023-08-23
Brief of respondent Danny Lee Jones in opposition filed.
2023-08-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 23, 2023.
2023-08-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 9, 2023 to August 23, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-07-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 9, 2023.
2023-07-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 10, 2023 to August 9, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-05-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 10, 2023. See Rule 30.1.
2023-05-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 10, 2023 to July 9, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-04-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 10, 2023)
2023-01-31
Application (22A685) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 6, 2023.
2023-01-26
Application (22A685) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 5, 2023 to April 6, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Danny Lee Jones
Jean-Claude Andre — Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Respondent
Equal Justice U.S.A.
Ryan Thornell
Jeffrey Lee Sparks — Arizona Attorney General, Petitioner
Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections
Jason Dale Lewis — Arizona Attorney General's Office, Petitioner
Laura Patrice Chiasson — Arizona Attorney General, Petitioner
State of South Dakota
Paul S. Swedlund — Amicus
The Arizona Capital Representation Project
Joseph Nathaniel Roth — Osbom Maledon. P.A., Amicus
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and The American Civil Liberties Union
Collin Partington Wedel — Sidley Austin LLP, Amicus