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Petition for certiorari denied on March 2, 2015
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
14-7426 Ohio N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2014

Issue: Whether evolving standards of decency under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are implicated by confining an individual under the threat of death for over three decades.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Sep 16 2014Application (14A328) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2014 to December 6, 2014, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Sep 23 2014Application (14A328) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 6, 2014.
Dec 1 2014Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 7, 2015)
Dec 31 2014Brief of respondent Ohio in opposition filed.
Jan 15 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2015.
Feb 23 2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 27, 2015.
Mar 2 2015Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer dissents.