Prison Legal News v. Jones

Petition for certiorari denied on January 7, 2019

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-355	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2018

Issue: Whether the Florida Department of Corrections" blanket ban of Prison Legal News violates a petitioner"s First Amendment right to free speech and a free press.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Petitions of the week (Aurora Barnes, October 23, 2018)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/02/2018	Application (18A126) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 15, 2018 to September 14, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.
08/03/2018	Application (18A126) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 14, 2018.
09/14/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 19, 2018)
09/27/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Prison Legal News.
10/05/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
10/05/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 19, 2018 to November 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
10/11/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 19, 2018.
10/11/2018	Brief amici curiae of 18 Organizations that favor freedom of the press and oppose censorship filed.
10/15/2018	Brief amici curiae of Former Corrections Officials filed.
10/16/2018	Brief amici curiae of American Friends Service Committee; et al. filed. (Corrected version submitted)
10/16/2018	Brief amici curiae of American Friends Service Committee, et al. filed. (Amended version submitted November 1, 2018)
10/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
10/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Civil Rights Advocacy Organizations filed.
10/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of R Street Institute, et al. filed.
10/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Prison Book Clubs filed.
10/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Faith Organizations filed.
11/14/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2018 to December 3, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
11/16/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 3, 2018.
12/03/2018	Brief of respondent Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections in opposition filed.
12/18/2018	Reply of petitioner Prison Legal News filed.
12/19/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
01/07/2019	Petition DENIED.