No. 19-1278

Hunter Fussell v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2020-05-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: automatic-transfer child-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process juvenile-justice juvenile-transfer liberty-interest state-statute
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Due Process Clause requires that a child receive an individualized hearing before being placed in criminal court to be tried as an adult.

2. Whether a state statute that places children in the exclusive jurisdiction of its juvenile courts creates a liberty interest that is protected by the Due Process Clause.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause requires that a child receive an individualized hearing before being placed in criminal court to be tried as an adult

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-11
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana to respond filed.
2020-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 11, 2020)
2020-03-03
Application (19A961) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 9, 2020.
2020-02-28
Application (19A961) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 10, 2020 to April 24, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Hunter Fussell
Adam Hiatt PiersonDLA Piper US LLP, Petitioner
Louisiana
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent