No. 22-6023
Tonatihu Aguilar v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al.
Tags: criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing miller-v-alabama parole-abolition sentencing-reform
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
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 Tonatihu Aguilar filed.
2023-03-07
Brief of respondent Ryan Thornell, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
2023-02-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 7, 2023.
2023-02-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 21, 2023 to March 7, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-12-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 21, 2023. See Rule 30.1.
2022-12-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 21, 2022 to February 20, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-11-21
Response Requested. (Due December 21, 2022)
2022-11-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent David Shinn, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. to respond filed.
2022-11-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2022)
Attorneys
Ryan Thornell, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, et al.
Jimmy Dale Nielsen — Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Respondent
Linley Sarah Wilson — Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Respondent
Tonatihu Aguilar
Robert Mark Loeb — Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Petitioner