Simmons v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on November 1, 2021
Issue: Whether a court can summarily dismiss a pro se habeas petition as untimely for failure to adequately allege a causal connection when petitioner explains how a government impediment “prevented” him from filing timely but does not allege with specificity how he discovered and attempted to remedy that impediment.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jun 04 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 9, 2021) |
| Jun 30 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 9, 2021 to August 9, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jul 01 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 9, 2021. |
| Jul 09 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Rights Behind Bars filed. |
| Jul 21 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 9, 2021 to September 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jul 22 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 8, 2021. |
| Sep 08 2021 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Sep 21 2021 | Reply of petitioner Simmons filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021. |
| Oct 05 2021 | Rescheduled. |
| Oct 12 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021. |
| Oct 12 2021 | Rescheduled. |
| Oct 25 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021. |
| Nov 01 2021 | Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Kagan joins, respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |
