No. 22-5961
Richard Rojas v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment
HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference:
2023-04-14
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Eighth Amendment requires that a sentencing court, when imposing a sentence of life without parole on a juvenile offender, must consider and make a record of its consideration of how children are constitutionally different from adults in terms of culpability, and whether the sentencing court's bare reference to a juvenile offender's age, without more, satisfies the Eighth Amendment's requirement that the court consider the defendant's youth and its relationship to the defendant's culpability.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the court erred in denying relief
Docket Entries
2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-24
Reply of petitioner Richard Rojas filed. (Distributed)
2023-03-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-06
Brief of respondents Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilition and Reentry in opposition filed.
2022-12-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 6, 2023.
2022-12-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 3, 2023 to March 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-12-02
Response Requested. (Due January 3, 2023)
2022-11-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent David Shinn, et al. to respond filed.
2022-10-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2022)
2022-08-22
Application (22A163) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 28, 2022.
2022-08-17
Application (22A163) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 29, 2022 to October 28, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Richard Rojas
Katherine Booth Wellington — Hogan Lovells US LLP, Petitioner
Molly Patricia Brizgys — Mitchell Stein Carey Chapman PC, Petitioner
Ryan Thornell, et al.
Jimmy Dale Nielsen — Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Respondent
Casey Douglas Ball — Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Respondent
Linley Sarah Wilson — Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Respondent