Chestnut v. Allen
Petition for certiorari denied on May 22, 2023
Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) limitations and needlessly overturned a state death sentence on an insubstantial premise that respondent’s mental health evidence was not afforded “meaningful consideration and effect” when the judge stated at sentencing that he had considered all the mental health evidence but did not explicitly reference respondent’s eating disorder.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 21 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 23, 2022) |
| Dec 21 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 23, 2022 to January 23, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 21 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. |
| Dec 22 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 23, 2023. |
| Jan 18 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 23, 2023 to February 22, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 19 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 22, 2023. |
| Feb 22 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 22, 2023 to March 24, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Feb 24 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 24, 2023. |
| Mar 24 2023 | Brief of respondent Quincy Allen in opposition filed. |
| Mar 24 2023 | Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Quincy Allen. |
| Apr 12 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023. |
| Apr 13 2023 | Reply of petitioner Lydell Chestnut filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 17 2023 | Record Requested. |
| Apr 18 2023 | The record for the U.S.C.A.-4th Circuit is available on PACER. |
| Apr 18 2023 | Electronic record received from the U.S.D.C.-South Carolina. |
| Apr 19 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023. |
| May 15 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023. |
| May 22 2023 | Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED. |
| May 22 2023 | Petition DENIED. |
