Baze v. Rees
| Decision Date | 25 September 2007 |
| Docket Number | No. 07–5439.,07–5439. |
| Citation | 76 BNA USLW 3154,551 U.S. 1192,168 L.Ed.2d 809,76 BNA USLW 3122,128 S.Ct. 34 |
| Parties | Ralph BAZE and Thomas C. Bowling, petitioners, v. John D. REES, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Corrections, et al. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Case below, 217 S.W.3d 207.
Motion of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Kentucky granted. Brief of petitioners to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, November 5, 2007. Brief of respondents to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, December 3, 2007. Reply brief, if any, to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, December 28, 2007. Briefs *35of amici curiae to be filed with the Clerk and served upon counsel for the parties on or before 2 p.m., 7 days after the brief for the party supported is filed, or if in support of neither party, within 7 days after the petitioners' brief is filed.
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