No. 21-5481

James Earnest Watts v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2021-08-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus sentencing
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari to review the conviction and sentence of the petitioner under the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-30
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2021-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2021)

Attorneys

James Earnest Watts
James Earnest Watts — Petitioner
Mississippi
Ashley Lauren SulserOffice of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent