NEW ORLEANS, LA

EAST COURTROOM – ROOM 223

Wednesday, April 06, 2016

03:00 PM

No. 15-70010 - Michael Norris v. William Stephens, Director

PANEL

Judge Jerry E. Smith

Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod

Judge Stephen A. Higginson

DEPUTY

Pam F. Trice

NOTE: Counsel presenting argument should check in at Room 223, East Courtroom, of the John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building, 600 Camp Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 02:30 and 02:45 PM. Thirty (30) minutes of argument time per side has been authorized. While you are free to present argument on any issues that have been properly raised, the court is particularly interested in hearing argument on: the application of Penry v. Lynaugh, 492 U.S. 302 (1989), to this case; the retroactivity argument; and the applicability, if any, of Pierce v. Thaler, 604 F.3d 197 (5th Cir. 2010).