Kenneth Eugene Smith v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al
Plaintiff: KENNETH EUGENE SMITH
Defendant: COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and HOLMAN CF WARDEN
Case Number: 24-10095
Filed: January 10, 2024
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus: Death Penalty

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Date Filed Description
January 24, 2024 Kenneth Eugene Smith v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al

Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
February 2, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 62 Mandate issued as to Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. [Entered: 02/02/2024 07:39 AM]
January 25, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 61 Writ of Certiorari filed as to Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith is DENIED. SC# 23-6562. [Entered: 01/26/2024 11:20 AM]
January 25, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 60 Notice of Writ of Certiorari filed as to Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. SC# 23-6562. [Entered: 01/26/2024 10:44 AM]
January 24, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 59 Judgment entered as to Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. [Entered: 01/24/2024 07:16 PM]
January 24, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 58 Opinion issued by court as to Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. Decision: Affirmed. Opinion type: Non-Published. Opinion method: Per Curiam. Motion to stay execution filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith is DENIED. [ # 55 ]; [ # 15 ]. The opinion is also available through the Court's Opinions page at this link # http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions . [Entered: 01/24/2024 07:09 PM]
January 24, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 57 Supplemental Authority filed by Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/24/2024 05:20 PM]
January 24, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 56 RESPONSE to Motion to stay execution filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith [ # 55 ] filed by Attorney Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. for Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/24/2024 04:29 PM]
January 24, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 55 EMERGENCY MOTION to stay execution filed by Kenneth Eugene Smith. Opposition to Motion is Unknown. [55] [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/24/2024 01:50 PM]
January 24, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 54 Fed. R. App. P. 12.1(b) Notice regarding district court decision on remand filed by Attorney Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. for Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/24/2024 11:45 AM]
January 24, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 53 USDC Order on Limited Remand as to Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith filed on 01/24/2024. Docket Entry 88. [Entered: 01/24/2024 10:28 AM]
January 23, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 52 **SEALED**RESPONSE to Motion to supplement the record filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith [47] filed by Attorney Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. for Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour).(No PDF attached) [Entered: 01/24/2024 08:44 AM]
January 23, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 51 ORDER: Motion to seal documents filed by Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden is GRANTED. [ # 49 ]; Motion to supplement the record filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith is DENIED as Moot in light of the remand. Thus, we grant Smiths motion for limited remand to the district court for the limited purpose to entertain Smiths motion to supplement the record. [ # 47 ].. CRW, JP and BCG (See attached order for complete text) --[Edited 01/23/2024 by JLT correcting date on order] [Entered: 01/23/2024 03:33 PM]
January 23, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 49 MOTION to seal filed by Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. Opposition to Motion is Unknown. [49] [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/23/2024 12:07 PM]
January 23, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 48 **REDACTED**RESPONSE to Motion to supplement the record filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith [ # 47 ] filed by Attorney Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. for Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [24-10095]--[Edited 01/24/2024 by DLT] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/23/2024 11:58 AM]
January 23, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 47 EMERGENCY MOTION to supplement the record filed by Kenneth Eugene Smith. Opposition to Motion is Unknown. [47] [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/23/2024 10:15 AM]
January 22, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 50 Received 4 paper copies of SEALED EBrief, filed by Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [Entered: 01/23/2024 02:02 PM]
January 22, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 45 Received paper copies of E Supplemental Appendix filed by Appellee Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections. 4 VOLUMES - 2 COPIES. **2 COPIES of Sealed Volumes 3 and 4 of Supplemental Appendix.** [Entered: 01/22/2024 04:01 PM]
January 20, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 42 ORDER: On January 19, 2024, Plaintiff-Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith filed a Notice of Supplemental Evidentiary Submission. After review, we construe this is a motion to supplement the record, and as such that motion is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. See Dickerson v. State of Ala., 667 F.2d 1364, 1367 (11th Cir. 1982) (While federal appellate courts do not often supplement the record on appeal with evidence not reviewed by the court below, it is clear that the authority to do so exists.). We would permit Smith to refile his motion after he first seeks relief in the district court. [ # 41 ] CRW, JP, and BCG [Entered: 01/20/2024 02:11 PM]
January 19, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 46 Received 5 paper copies of **SEALED** E Reply Brief, filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. [Entered: 01/23/2024 07:52 AM]
January 19, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 44 Received paper copies of E "Sealed" Appendix filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. 1 VOLUMES - 5 COPIES [Entered: 01/22/2024 03:59 PM]
January 19, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 43 Received 5 paper copies of E Initial "Sealed" Brief, filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. [Entered: 01/22/2024 03:53 PM]
January 19, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 41 Regarding Filing Notice of Filing Evidentiary Submission in District Court filed by Attorney Andrew Burns Johnson for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith.[41] [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/19/2024 07:46 PM]
January 19, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 40 Oral argument held via Teleconference this date. Oral Argument presented by Robert Grass for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith and Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. for Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [Entered: 01/19/2024 05:40 PM]
January 19, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 39 **SEALED**Reply Brief filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. Service 01/19/2024 email - Attorney for Appellees: Anderson, Hughes, Johnson, Kenny, LaCour, Mauldin, Overing;(No PDF attached). [Entered: 01/19/2024 08:03 AM]
January 19, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 38 ORDER: Motion for leave to file unredacted versions of the reply brief under seal filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith is GRANTED. [ # 37 ] ENTERED FOR THE COURT - BY DIRECTION. (See attached order for complete text) [Entered: 01/19/2024 07:39 AM]
January 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 37 MOTION to seal filed by Kenneth Eugene Smith. Opposition to Motion is Unknown. [37] [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/18/2024 06:14 PM]
January 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 36 **REDACTED**Reply Brief filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. [24-10095]--[Edited 01/19/2024 by DLT] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/18/2024 04:55 PM]
January 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 35 Reply in Support of Motion for Stay of Execution filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. [24-10095]--[Edited 01/18/2024 by DLT] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/18/2024 04:42 PM]
January 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 34 APPEARANCE of Counsel Form filed by Dylan L. Mauldin for John Q. Hamm and Terry Raybon Related cases? No. [24-10095] (ECF: Dylan Mauldin) [Entered: 01/18/2024 04:12 PM]
January 17, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 33 **SEALED**Supplemental Appendix [4 VOLUMES - 2 sets] filed by Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. and Robert Overing for Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. Service date: 01/17/2024 email - Attorney for Appellants: Burkett, Grass, Johnson; Attorney for Appellees: Anderson, Hughes, Johnson, Kenny, LaCour, Overing; . [Entered: 01/18/2024 07:55 AM]
January 17, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 32 ORDER: Motion for leave to file unredacted version of the supplemental appendix under seal filed by Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden is GRANTED. [ # 30 ] ENTERED FOR THE COURT - BY DIRECTION. (See attached order for complete text) [Entered: 01/17/2024 06:31 PM]
January 17, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 31 **REDACTED**Supplemental Appendix [4 VOLUMES] filed by Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [24-10095]--[Edited 01/18/2024 by DLT] (ECF: Robert Overing) [Entered: 01/17/2024 05:50 PM]
January 17, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 30 TIME SENSITIVE MOTION to seal filed by Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. Opposition to Motion is Unknown. [30] [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/17/2024 05:18 PM]
January 17, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 29 RESPONSE to Motion to stay execution filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith [ # 15 ] filed by Attorney Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. for Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/17/2024 04:59 PM]
January 17, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 28 Appellee's Brief filed by Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/17/2024 04:55 PM]
January 17, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 27 TRANSCRIPT INFORMATION form filed by Attorney Andrew Burns Johnson for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. All necessary transcript(s) are on file. [Entered: 01/17/2024 02:20 PM]
January 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 26 Attorney Ashley Brook Burkett for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the printed calendar for 01/19/2024. Robert Grass 212-836-8064 will present argument. [24-10095] (ECF: Ashley Burkett) [Entered: 01/16/2024 03:07 PM]
January 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 25 Attorney Robert Grass for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the printed calendar for 01/19/2024. Robert Grass 212-836-8064 will present argument. [24-10095] (ECF: Robert Grass) [Entered: 01/16/2024 03:00 PM]
January 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 24 Attorney Andrew Burns Johnson for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the printed calendar for 01/19/2024. Robert Grass: 212-836-8064 will present argument. [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/16/2024 02:41 PM]
January 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 23 Attorney Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. for Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the printed calendar for 01/19/2024. Edmund LaCour - 334-242-7300 will present argument. [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/16/2024 01:00 PM]
January 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 22 Calendar issued as to this case to be orally argued telephonically on Friday, January 19, 2024, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Counsel are directed to electronically acknowledge receipt of this calendar by docketing the Calendar Receipt Acknowledged event in ECF (a document upload is not required). [Entered: 01/16/2024 11:51 AM]
January 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 21 Telephonic Oral Argument Scheduled. Argument Date: Friday, 01/19/2024, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. [Entered: 01/16/2024 11:46 AM]
January 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 20 **SEALED**Appendix filed [1 VOLUMES] by Attorney Andrew Burns Johnson for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. Service date: 01/16/2024 email - Attorney for Appellants: Burkett, Grass, Johnson; Attorney for Appellees: Anderson, Hughes, Johnson, Kenny, LaCour, Overing; US mail - Attorney for Appellants: Ciliberti, Horowitz, Kerschner; Attorney for Appellees: Hensley, Shelton.(No PDF attached) [Entered: 01/16/2024 10:29 AM]
January 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 19 **SEALED**Appellant's brief filed by Kenneth Eugene Smith. Service date: 01/16/2024 [24-10095] Attorney for Appellee: Anderson - email; Attorney for Appellee: Hensley - US mail; Attorney for Appellee: Hughes - email; Attorney for Appellee: Johnson - email; Attorney for Appellee: Kenny - email; Attorney for Appellee: LaCour - email; Attorney for Appellee: Overing - email; Attorney for Appellee: Shelton - US mail.(No PDF attached) [Entered: 01/16/2024 10:27 AM]
January 16, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 18 ORDER: Motion for leave to file unredacted versions of the opening brief and appendix under seal filed by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith is GRANTED. [ # 14 ] ENTERED FOR THE COURT - BY DIRECTION. (See attached order for complete text) [Entered: 01/16/2024 10:04 AM]
January 15, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 17 **REDACTED**Appendix filed [1 VOLUMES] by Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. [24-10095]--[Edited 01/16/2024 by DLT] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/15/2024 04:23 PM]
January 15, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 16 **REDACTED**Appellant's brief filed by Kenneth Eugene Smith. [24-10095]--[Edited 01/16/2024 by DLT] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/15/2024 04:18 PM]
January 15, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 15 EMERGENCY MOTION to stay execution filed by Kenneth Eugene Smith. Motion is Opposed. [15] [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/15/2024 04:10 PM]
January 15, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 14 TIME SENSITIVE MOTION to seal filed by Kenneth Eugene Smith. Opposition to Motion is Unknown. [14] [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/15/2024 04:04 PM]
January 12, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 13 TRANSCRIPT INFORMATION FORM SUBMITTED by Attorney Andrew Burns Johnson for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. All necessary transcript(s) are on file. [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/12/2024 05:12 PM]
January 12, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ORDER: Motion to expedite briefing schedule filed by Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden is GRANTED. The following deadlines apply: 1. Appellants initial brief is due no later than 5:00 pm EST on Monday January 15, 2024. 2. Appellees response brief is due no later than 5:00 pm EST on Wednesday January 17, 2024. 3. Appellants reply brief is due no later than 5:00 pm EST on Thursday January 18, 2024. The Court will hear oral argument in this case on Friday January 19, 2024 at 3:30 pm EST via telephone [ # 7 ]. ENTERED FOR THE COURT - BY DIRECTION. (See attached order for complete text) [Entered: 01/12/2024 04:30 PM]
January 12, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 11 APPEARANCE of Counsel Form filed by Ashley Brook Burkett for Kenneth Eugene Smith. Related cases? No. [24-10095] (ECF: Ashley Burkett) [Entered: 01/12/2024 03:36 PM]
January 12, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 10 RESPONSE to Motion filed by Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden [ # 7 ] filed by Attorney Andrew Burns Johnson for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/12/2024 02:52 PM]
January 12, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 9 APPEARANCE of Counsel Form filed by Andrew Burns Johnson for Kenneth Eugene Smith. Related cases? No. [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/12/2024 02:41 PM]
January 12, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 8 APPEARANCE of Counsel Form filed by Robert Grass for Kenneth Eugene Smith. Related cases? No. [24-10095] (ECF: Robert Grass) [Entered: 01/12/2024 02:06 PM]
January 12, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 7 MOTION to expedite briefing filed by Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. Opposition to Motion is Unknown. [7] [24-10095] (ECF: Richard Anderson) [Entered: 01/12/2024 12:12 PM]
January 12, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 6 Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement filed by Attorney Richard Anderson for Appellees Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. On the same day the CIP is served, any filer represented by counsel must also complete the court's web-based stock ticker symbol certificate at the link here http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/web-based-cip or on the court's website. See 11th Cir. R. 26.1-1(b). [24-10095] (ECF: Richard Anderson) [Entered: 01/12/2024 10:52 AM]
January 11, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 5 APPEARANCE of Counsel Form filed by Robert M. Overing for Commissioner John Q. Hamm and Warden Terry Raybon Related cases? No. [24-10095] (ECF: Robert Overing) [Entered: 01/11/2024 05:47 PM]
January 11, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 4 APPEARANCE of Counsel Form filed by Richard Anderson for Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and Holman CF Warden. Related cases? No. [24-10095] (ECF: Richard Anderson) [Entered: 01/11/2024 03:37 PM]
January 11, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 3 APPEARANCE of Counsel Form filed by Edmund G. LaCour Jr. for John Q. Hamm and Terry Raybon Related cases? No. [24-10095] (ECF: Edmund LaCour) [Entered: 01/11/2024 01:01 PM]
January 11, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 2 Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement filed by Attorney Andrew Burns Johnson for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith. On the same day the CIP is served, any filer represented by counsel must also complete the court's web-based stock ticker symbol certificate at the link here http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/web-based-cip or on the court's website. See 11th Cir. R. 26.1-1(b). [24-10095] (ECF: Andrew Johnson) [Entered: 01/11/2024 11:15 AM]
January 10, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 1 DEATH PENALTY APPEAL DOCKETED. Notice of appeal filed by Attorney Andrew Burns Johnson for Appellant Kenneth Eugene Smith on 01/10/2024. USDC motion pending: DE#41 MOTION to Compel Responses to Discovery Requests Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a). DE# 54 MOTION to Strike the Opinions of Dr. Joseph Antognini filed on 12/18/2023. Fee Status: Fee Paid. [Entered: 01/11/2024 09:16 AM]

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Plaintiff: KENNETH EUGENE SMITH
Represented By: Robert Grass
Represented By: Ashley Brook Burkett
Represented By: Angelique Antonia Ciliberti
Represented By: Jeffrey H. Horowitz
Represented By: Andrew Burns Johnson
Represented By: David Ari Kerschner
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Defendant: COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Represented By: Richard Anderson
Represented By: Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.
Represented By: John Coleman Hensley III
Represented By: Beth Jackson Hughes
Represented By: Henry M. Johnson
Represented By: Polly Spencer Kenny
Represented By: Robert Overing
Represented By: Jordan Shay Shelton
Represented By: Dylan Mauldin
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Defendant: HOLMAN CF WARDEN
Represented By: Richard Anderson
Represented By: Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.
Represented By: John Coleman Hensley III
Represented By: Beth Jackson Hughes
Represented By: Henry M. Johnson
Represented By: Polly Spencer Kenny
Represented By: Robert Overing
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