No. 22-5889

Michael Paul Jessup v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-10-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing parole-abolition sentencing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-04-14 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a state abolishes its parole system, does it create a mandatory life-without-parole sentence that, when imposed on a juvenile homicide offender, violates the Eighth Amendment as interpreted in Miller?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a state abolishes its parole system, does it create a mandatory life-without-parole sentence that, when imposed on a juvenile homicide offender, violates the Eighth Amendment as interpreted in Miller?

Docket Entries

2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-20
Reply of petitioner Michael Paul Jessup filed.
2023-03-03
Brief of respondents Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. in opposition filed.
2023-02-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 6, 2023.
2023-02-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 27, 2023 to March 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-02-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 27, 2023.
2023-02-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 13, 2023 to February 27, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-11-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 13, 2023.
2022-11-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 14, 2022 to February 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-11-14
Response Requested. (Due December 14, 2022)
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-10-26
Waiver of right of respondent David Shinn to respond filed.
2022-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 23, 2022)
2022-08-15
Application (22A130) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 24, 2022.
2022-08-11
Application (22A130) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 25, 2022 to October 24, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Michael Jessup
Robert Mark LoebOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Petitioner
Keith James HilzendegerFederal Public Defender, District of Arizona, Petitioner
Ryan Thornell
Eliza Christine YbarraArizona Attorney General's Office, Respondent