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(JOURNAL) THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 463
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Present: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy,
Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, Justice
Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan.
Certiorari Denied
No. 15–7786 (15A755). Christopher Eugene Brooks, Petitioner v.
Alabama. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented
to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court denied.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama denied.
Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, concurring in
the denial of certiorari. Justice Breyer dissenting from denial of application
for stay of execution and petition for certiorari.
Certiorari Denied
No. 15–7787 (15A756). Christopher E. Brooks, Petitioner v. Jefferson
S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections. Application
for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice
Thomas and by him referred to the Court denied. Petition for writ
of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh
Circuit denied.