No. 24-6798

Karl Douglas Roberts v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Amici (2)IFP
Tags: aedpa-standard atkins-claim death-penalty federal-claim habeas-corpus state-court-adjudication
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment Securities
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a claim has been adjudicated on the merits by a state court under § 2254(d), where the defendant did not present a federal claim for relief and the clearly established federal law at the time would not have supported a federal claim?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a claim has been adjudicated on the merits by a state court under § 2254(d), where the defendant did not present a federal claim for relief and the clearly established federal law at the time would not have supported a federal claim?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-03
Reply of petitioner Karl Roberts filed.
2025-07-03
Reply of Karl Roberts submitted.
2025-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-18
Brief of respondent Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Corrections in opposition filed.
2025-06-18
Brief of Dexter Payne in opposition submitted.
2025-05-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including June 18, 2025.
2025-05-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 18, 2025.
2025-04-30
Motion of Dexter Payne for an extension of time submitted.
2025-04-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 19, 2025 to June 18, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-04-17
2025-04-17
Brief amici curiae of The Cornell Death Penalty Project and Justice 360 filed.
2025-03-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 19, 2025.
2025-03-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 17, 2025 to May 19, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-03-27
Motion of Dexter Payne for an extension of time submitted.
2025-03-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 17, 2025)
2025-01-03
Application (24A659) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until March 14, 2025.
2024-12-23
Application (24A659) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 13, 2025 to March 14, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Dexter Payne
Autumn Hamit PattersonOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Karl Roberts
Melissa FenwickFederal Public Defender Office, Petitioner
The Cornell Death Penalty Project and Justice 360
John H. Blume — Amicus