Smith v. McKinney
Petition for certiorari denied on May 3, 2021
Issue: Whether a court determining if a prisoner has
suffered an “atypical and significant” hardship must
consider factors such as the duration of and justification for the particular conditions imposed (as several
courts of appeals have held), or whether it can confine its analysis to a comparison of the conditions of
other prison populations (as the court below held,
joining several other courts of appeals).
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Oct 22 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 27, 2020) |
| Dec 09 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021. |
| Jan 05 2021 | Response Requested. (Due February 4, 2021) |
| Jan 22 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 4, 2021 to March 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 25 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 8, 2021. |
| Mar 08 2021 | Brief of respondents James McKinney, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 15 2021 | Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from March 24, 2021 to April 14, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Mar 16 2021 | Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until April 14, 2021 granted. |
| Apr 13 2021 | Reply of petitioner Craig Eugene Smith filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 14 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021. |
| May 03 2021 | Petition DENIED. |
