No. 18-7923

Derrick Jones v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-interpretation due-process ex-post-facto fair-notice judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure retroactive retroactive-application sentencing-provision substantive-rule-change
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-03-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

Could jurists of reason debate whether Louisiana may, consistent with the Due Process Clause's fair notice requirement, judicially invent a new procedure to remedy the substantive rule change this Court announced and applied that procedure retrospectively?

Could jurists of reason debate whether Louisiana may, consistent with Due Process, indefinitely detain juvenile non-homicide offenders without a legislatively prescribed sentence provision?

Could jurists of reason debate whether Louisiana may, consistent with the Ex Post Facto Clause and Graham v. Florida, judicially impose a new, nonretroactive remedy to juveniles sentenced to life without parole for non-homicide offenses?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Could jurists of reason debate whether Louisiana may, consistent with the Due Process Clause's fair notice requirement, judicially invent a new procedure to remedy the substantive rule change this Court announced and applied that procedure retrospectively?

Docket Entries

2019-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-02-28
Waiver of right of respondent James LeBlanc, et al. to respond filed.
2019-01-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 14, 2019)

Attorneys

Derrick Jones
Derrick Jones — Petitioner
James LeBlanc, et al.
Christopher James PonoroffOrleans Parish District Attorney's Office, Respondent