No. 20-6005
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-claims federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc
Latest Conference:
2020-11-13
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 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?
Docket Entries
2020-11-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
2020-10-22
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2020-10-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2020)
Attorneys
Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Victor Brancaccio
Paul Edward Petillo — Office of the Public Defender, Petitioner