Document Type
Amicus Brief
Publication Date
7-26-2024
Case Name
Danny Richard RIVERS, Petitioner, v. Bobby LUMPKIN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent.
Abstract
Amici curiae are law professors and legal scholars who study federal post-conviction law and civil procedure. Amici curiae have no personal interest in the outcome of this case. They all share an interest in seeing habeas law applied in a way that ensures the just and timely adjudication of claims while preserving the traditional and intended operation of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The amici are: • Lee Kovarsky is the Bryant Smith Chair in Law and the Co-Director of the Capital Punishment Center at University of Texas School of Law. • Valena E. Beety is the Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law at Indiana University Mauer School of Law. • David R. Dow is the Cullen Professor of Law at University of Houston Law Center. • Eric M. Freedman is the Siggi B. Wilzig Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Rights at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. • Randy Hertz is the Fiorello LaGuardia Professor of Clinical Law and Vice Dean of New York University School of Law. • Sheri Lynn Johnson is the James and Mark Flanagan Professor of Law and Assistant Director of Death Penalty Project at Cornell Law School. • Justin Marceau is Professor of Law at University of Denver Sturm College of Law. • Ira P. Robbins is the Barnard T. Welsh Scholar and Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Practice & Policy Institute at American University Washington College of Law. • Larry W. Yackle is Professor of Law Emeritus and Basil Yanakakis Faculty Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law.
Recommended Citation
Robbins, Ira P., "Amicus Brief of Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky et al. in Support of Petitioner" (2024). Amicus Briefs. 49.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_briefs/49
