No. 19-7369

David Keen v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2020-01-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (4)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: atkins-ruling atkins-v-virginia constitutional-mandate cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability judicial-abdication legislative-inaction standing
Latest Conference: 2020-07-01 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Constitution permit Tennessee to evade the mandate of Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002) by legislative inaction and judicial abdication?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Constitution permit Tennessee to evade the mandate of Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002) by legislative inaction and judicial abdication?

Docket Entries

2020-07-02
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020.
2020-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-06-08
Rescheduled.
2020-05-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
2020-03-17
Rescheduled.
2020-03-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-03-03
Reply of petitioner David Keen filed.
2020-02-18
Brief of respondent State of Tennessee in opposition filed.
2020-01-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 21, 2020)
2019-11-13
Application (19A527) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until January 17, 2020.
2019-11-08
Application (19A527) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 18, 2019 to January 17, 2020, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

David Keen
Kelley Jane HenryFederal Public Defender, Middle District of Tennessee, Petitioner
State of Tennessee
Courtney Nicole OrrOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter, Respondent