Isom v. Arkansas
Petition for certiorari denied on November 25, 2019
Issue: Whether Sam Pope and Kenneth Isom"s significant adversarial history created an unconstitutional risk of bias under the due process clause when Pope later sat as the trial judge in Isom"s unrelated coram nobis hearing.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Justices issue more orders from November 22 conference (Amy Howe, November 25, 2019)
- Relist Watch (John Elwood, November 19, 2019)
- Relist Watch (John Elwood, November 14, 2019)
- Relist Watch (John Elwood, November 6, 2019)
- Relist Watch (John Elwood, October 29, 2019)
- The return of Relist Watch Select (John Elwood, October 17, 2019)
- Relist Watch (John Elwood, October 9, 2019)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 04/16/2019 | Application (18A1067) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 1, 2019 to May 31, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch. |
| 04/19/2019 | Application (18A1067) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until May 31, 2019. |
| 05/30/2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 3, 2019) |
| 06/19/2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 3, 2019 to August 2, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 06/21/2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 2, 2019. |
| 08/02/2019 | Brief of respondent State of Arkansas in opposition filed. |
| 08/22/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019. |
| 10/07/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019. |
| 10/15/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019. |
| 10/28/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019. |
| 11/04/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019. |
| 11/12/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019. |
| 11/18/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019. |
| 11/25/2019 | Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |