No. 22-6762
Ryan Galal Van Dyck v. Arizona
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment child-pornography cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment life-sentence mandatory-sentencing proportionality sentencing
Latest Conference:
2023-03-17
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does a mandatory de facto life sentence for mere possession of child pornography images, when the person has never directly abused or attempted to abuse a child, violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a mandatory de facto life sentence for mere possession of child pornography images, when the person has never directly abused or attempted to abuse a child, violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment?
Docket Entries
2023-03-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-02-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arizona to respond filed.
2023-01-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 15, 2023)
2022-11-02
Application (22A372) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 20, 2023.
2022-10-28
Application (22A372) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 21, 2022 to January 20, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Ryan Galal Van Dyck
David Joseph Euchner — Petitioner
State of Arizona
Laura Patrice Chiasson — Arizona Attorney General, Respondent