Jordan v. Mississippi

Petition for certiorari denied on June 28, 2018

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-7153	Miss.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2017

Issue: (1) Whether incarcerating a prisoner awaiting execution for over four decades, even after the state found a life-without-parole sentence to be appropriate, violates the Eighth Amendment because it fails to serve any legitimate penological purpose; and (2) whether incarcerating a prisoner awaiting execution for over four decades, with over half that time attributable to repeated constitutional violations in a succession of sentencing hearings, violates the Eighth Amendment because it fails to serve any legitimate penological purpose.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/13/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 18, 2018)
01/17/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 18, 2018 to February 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
01/18/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 20, 2018
02/18/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 20, 2018 to March 22, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
02/20/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 22, 2018.
03/22/2018	Brief of respondent Mississippi in opposition filed.
04/05/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018.
04/23/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
05/07/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
05/14/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
05/21/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/24/2018.
05/29/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/31/2018.
06/04/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
06/11/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
06/18/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
06/27/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2018.
06/28/2018	Petition DENIED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 17-7245 is denied. Justice Breyer, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. VIDED. (Detached Opinion)