Jenkins v. Nebraska
Petition for certiorari denied on April 20, 2020
| Docket No. |
Op. Below | Argument |
Opinion |
Vote |
Author |
Term |
| 19-514 |
Neb. |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
OT 2019 |
Issues: (1) Whether the sentencing court violated the
requirement of the Eighth and 14th
Amendments that capital sentencers give meaningful
consideration and effect to all mitigating evidence,
when it categorically refused to consider the impact
of prolonged solitary confinement and the state’s
inadequate response, because it concluded that the
solitary confinement was warranted; and (2) whether a capital sentencing scheme that
requires a jury to find aggravating factors, but
authorizes judges, rather than a jury, to make all
further factual findings necessary to the imposition
of a sentence of death, violates the Sixth and
14th Amendments to the Constitution.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Oct 17 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2019) |
| Nov 12 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 20, 2019 to December 20, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Nov 19 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 20, 2019. |
| Nov 20 2019 | Brief amici curiae of National Disability Rights Network et al. filed. |
| Nov 20 2019 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The Promise of Justice Initiative, et al. |
| Dec 05 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 20, 2019 to January 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 09 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 10, 2020. |
| Jan 10 2020 | Brief of respondent State of Nebraska in opposition filed. |
| Jan 28 2020 | Reply of petitioner Nikko Jenkins filed. |
| Jan 29 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020. |
| Feb 06 2020 | Rescheduled. |
| Mar 18 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020. |
| Mar 19 2020 | Rescheduled. |
| Apr 01 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020. |
| Apr 20 2020 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The Promise of Justice Initiative, et al. GRANTED. |
| Apr 20 2020 | Petition DENIED. |
