No. 21-7547
Gabriel Gonzalez v. John P. Yates, Warden
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment imprisonment prison-conditions sentencing sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2022-04-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Does continued imprisonment under unconstrained exposure to a lethal contagion, such as COVID-19, violate his Eighth Amendment right to be free from inflicted punishment that is both cruel and unusual?
II. Did the Eighth Circuit err by expanding the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(b) to include exposure and infection to disease as a legitimate means of punishment through his imprisonment, despite the absence of this factor being addressed by the United States Sentencing Commission?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does continued imprisonment under unconstrained exposure to a lethal contagion violate Eighth Amendment rights?
Docket Entries
2022-05-02
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
2022-04-08
Waiver of right of respondent John P. Yates, Warden to respond filed.
2022-03-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 5, 2022)
Attorneys
Gabriel Gonzalez
Gabriel Gonzalez — Petitioner
John P. Yates, Warden
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent