No. 20-8070

Michael Mejia v. Randy Pfister, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights conditions-of-confinement due-process sleep-deprivation
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the application of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of due process to conditions of confinement that deliberately subject inmates to constant sleep deprivation for days on end violates the Constitution

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2021-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-05-26
Waiver of right of respondent Randy Pfister, et al. to respond filed.
2021-05-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 18, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Mejia
Michael Mejia — Petitioner
Randy Pfister, et al.
Frank Henry BieszczatOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent