Johnson v. Prentice

Petition for certiorari denied on November 13, 2023

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-693	7th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2023

Issue: Whether punitively depriving a prisoner in solitary confinement of virtually all exercise for three years notwithstanding the absence of a security justification violates the Eighth Amendment, or whether such a denial only violates the Eighth Amendment if it is imposed in response to an "utterly trivial infraction."

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/07/2022	Application (22A416) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 23, 2022 to December 23, 2022, submitted to Justice Barrett.
11/09/2022	Application (22A416) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until December 23, 2022.
11/30/2022	Application (22A416) to extend further the time from December 23, 2022 to January 22, 2023, submitted to Justice Barrett.
12/02/2022	Application (22A416) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until January 22, 2023.
01/23/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2023)
02/24/2023	Waiver of right of respondents Susan Prentice, et al. to respond filed.
02/24/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Professor John F. Stinneford filed.
02/24/2023	Brief amici curiae of Former Corrections Executives Martin F. Horn, et al. filed.
03/08/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
03/16/2023	Response Requested. (Due April 17, 2023)
04/05/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 17, 2023 to May 17, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
04/06/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 17, 2023, for all respondents.
05/04/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 17, 2023 to June 16, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
05/05/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including June 16, 2023, for all respondents.
06/16/2023	Brief of respondents Susan Prentice, et al. in opposition filed.
07/05/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
07/12/2023	Reply of petitioner Michael Johnson filed. (Distributed)
08/08/2023	Record Requested.
08/09/2023	Record received from the U.S.C.A.-7th Circuit and U.S.D.C.-Central District of Illinois. The entire record is available on PACER.
08/16/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
10/02/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
10/10/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
10/23/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
10/30/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
11/06/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
11/13/2023	Petition DENIED. Justice Jackson, with whom Justice Sotomayor and Justice Kagan join, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)