No. 25-5286
Samuel Fields v. Laura Plappert, Warden
Amici (1)IFP
Tags: aedpa circuit-court-mandate clearly-established-law exceptional-circumstance habeas-corpus supreme-court-review
Latest Conference:
2025-11-07
Question Presented (from Petition)
May a subsequent decision of this Court calling into question the correctness and integrity of a circuit court's judgment qualify as an exceptional circumstance justifying a recall of the circuit court's mandate, and if so, did the lower court err in denying the motion to recall?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
May a subsequent decision of this Court calling into question the correctness and integrity of a circuit court's judgment qualify as an exceptional circumstance justifying a recall of the circuit court's mandate, and if so, did the lower court err in denying the motion to recall?
Docket Entries
2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-14
Reply of Samuel Fields submitted.
2025-10-14
Reply of petitioner Samuel Fields filed. (Distributed)
2025-09-29
Brief of Laura Plappert in opposition submitted.
2025-09-29
Brief of respondent Laura Plappert, Warden in opposition filed.
2025-09-05
Amicus brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Association for Public Defense, Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Scholars submitted.
2025-09-05
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
2025-08-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 6, 2025.
2025-08-08
Motion of Laura Plappert for an extension of time submitted.
2025-08-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 5, 2025 to October 6, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-07-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2025)
2025-06-24
Application (24A1277) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 31, 2025.
2025-06-20
Application (24A1277) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Laura Plappert
Matthew Franklin Kuhn — Office of Attorney General of Kentucky, Respondent
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Association for Public Defense, Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Scholars
Samuel Fields