No. 20-5485
Tags: constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-issue federal-habeas-review federal-review florida-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc
Key Terms:
Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause by treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017) (per curiam), a case arising under federal habeas review, as a decision on the merits of the Eighth Amendment issue?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-06
Reply of petitioner Maurice Moss filed.
2020-10-28
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2020-09-28
Response Requested. (Due October 28, 2020)
2020-09-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-10
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2020-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2020)
Attorneys
Maurice Moss
Paul Edward Petillo — Office of the Public Defender, Petitioner