ARTHUR v. COMMISSIONER, AL DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 16-15549 Non-Argument Calendar.

840 F.3d 1268 (2016)

Thomas D. ARTHUR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Warden, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Date Filed: November 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suhana Han , Adam Brebner , Stephen Shun-Fai Mar , Peter Steciuk , Akash M. Toprani , Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James Clayton Crenshaw , Thomas R. Govan, Jr. , James Roy Houts , Lauren Ashley Simpson , Henry M. Johnson , Alabama Attorney General's Office, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Daniel T. Fenske , Jenner and Block, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae.

Before HULL, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.


It has been 34 years since Thomas Arthur brutally murdered Troy Wicker. During 1982 to 1992, Thomas Arthur was thrice tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for Wicker's murder. After his third death sentence in 1992, Arthur for the next 24 years has pursued, unsuccessfully, dozens of direct and post-conviction appeals in...

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