No. 19-6136

Thomas A. Bias v. Jimmy Martin, Warden

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment juvenile-sentencing juvenile-sentencing,eighth-amendment,fourteenth-am life-imprisonment miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

IS THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA UNCONSTITUTIONALLY IMPOSING
CONTINUED IMPRISONMENT ON JUVENILE 'S SENTENCED TO LIFE, IN
DISREGARD OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT MANDATORY
LANGUAGE OF MILLER v. ALABAMA, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 567 U.S. 460, (2012),
AND MONTGOMERY V. LOUISIANA, 136 S.Ct. 718, 84 USLW 4063 (2016).

DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH
CIRCUIT ERROR BY NOT AFFIXING JURISDICTION TO A PROPER NEW
SUBSTANTIVE CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIM OF A FUNDAMENTAL
PROTECTION AND SAFEGUARD OF A JUVENILE, IN VIOLATION OF THE
EIGHT AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the state of Oklahoma unconstitutionally imposing continued imprisonment on juvenile's sentenced to life, in disregard of the United States Supreme Court mandatory language of Miller v. Alabama, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 567 U.S. 460, (2012), and Montgomery v. Louisiana, 136 S.Ct. 718, 84 USLW 4063 (2016)?

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Thomas A. Bias
Thomas A. Bias — Petitioner