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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -XRICKY BELL, WARDEN, :Petitioner :v. : No. 04-514GREGORY THOMPSON. :- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -XWashington, D.C.Tuesday, April 26, 2005The above-entitled matter came on for oralargument before the Supreme Court of the United States at11:12 a.m.
APPEARANCES:
JENNIFER L. SMITH, ESQ., Associate Deputy Attorney
General, Nashville, Tennessee; on behalf of thePetitioner.MATTHEW SHORS, ESQ., Washington, D.C.; on behalf ofthe Respondent.
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C O N T E N T S
ORAL ARGUMENT OF PAGEJENNIFER L. SMITH, ESQ.On behalf of the Petitioner
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MATTHEW SHORS, ESQ.
On behalf of the Respondent
29REBUTTAL ARGUMENT OFJENNIFER L. SMITH, ESQ.On behalf of the Petitioner 51
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P R O C E E D I N G S(11:12 a.m.)CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST: We'll hear argumentnow in Ricky Bell v. Gregory Thompson.Ms. Smith.ORAL ARGUMENT OF JENNIFER L. SMITHON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONERMS. SMITH: Mr. Chief Justice, and may it pleasethe Court:When the Sixth Circuit withdrew its judgmentaffirming the denial of habeas corpus relief 6 monthsafter this Court denied certiorari review, it exceeded itsauthority to act under both the rules of appellateprocedure and this Court's decision in Calderon v.Thompson.As to the rules, rule 41(d)(2)(D) requires,without exception, that the court issue a mandateimmediately upon the filing of an order of this Courtdenying certiorari. That did not happen in this case.But because the court had no discretion under the rule todo anything other than to issue that mandate, itssubsequent action withdrawing its judgment was tantamountto a recall of the mandate, which, under this Court'sprecedent in Calderon, cannot be justified in this casebecause the evidence simply does not support a miscarriage
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