No. 25-5286

Samuel Fields v. Laura Plappert, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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 KuhnOffice 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
Stephen Ross JohnsonRitchie, Johnson & Stovall, P.C., Amicus
Samuel Fields
Daniel Evan KirschFederal Public Defender, Western Dist. of Missouri, Petitioner