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Perttu v. Richards

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-1324 6th Cir. Feb 25, 2025 Jun 18, 2025 5-4 Roberts OT 2024

Holding: Parties are entitled to a jury trial on the issue of exhaustion of remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act when that issue is intertwined with the merits of a claim that requires a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment.

Judgment: Affirmed, 5-4, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on June 18, 2025. Justice Barrett filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Thomas, Alito and Kavanaugh.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/17/2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 22, 2024)
07/05/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 22, 2024 to August 21, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
07/08/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 21, 2024.
08/19/2024Brief of respondent Kyle Richards in opposition filed.
08/30/2024Reply of petitioner Thomas Perttu filed. (Distributed)
09/04/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
10/04/2024Petition GRANTED.
11/04/2024Motion for an extension of time filed.
11/06/2024Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 2, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 14, 2025.
11/22/2024SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
11/27/2024Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
12/02/2024Brief of petitioner Thomas Perttu filed.
12/02/2024Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost received.)
12/03/2024Amicus brief of National Sheriffs’ Association and Michigan Sheriffs’ Association not accepted for filing. (December 12, 2024)
12/03/2024Brief amici curiae of National Sheriffs’ Association and Michigan Sheriffs’ Association filed (Corrected brief and PDF).
12/06/2024Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and available with the Clerk.
12/06/2024Brief amici curiae of The International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed.
12/09/2024Brief amici curiae of Ohio, et al. filed.
01/13/2025CIRCULATED
01/14/2025Brief of respondent Kyle Richards filed. (Distributed)
01/21/2025Brief amici curiae of Law Processors filed. (Distributed)
01/21/2025Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
01/21/2025Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
02/13/2025Reply of petitioner Thomas Perttu filed. (Distributed)
02/25/2025Argued. For petitioner: Ann M. Sherman, Solicitor General, Lansing, Mich. For respondent: Lori Alvino McGill, Charlottesville, Va.
06/18/2025Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined.