Nebraska v. Mantich

Petition for certiorari denied on October 6, 2014

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-1348	Neb.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2014

Issue: Whether Miller v. Alabama - which held that a state may not sentence a teenage murderer to life imprisonment without parole unless the state provides a process whereby the sentencer considers the offender's youth and attendant characteristics - should be applied retroactively to a murder conviction on collateral review.

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Petition of the day (Maureen Johnston, September 16, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/05/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 9, 2014)
06/06/2014	Brief of Douglas M. Mantich in opposition filed.
06/06/2014	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by Douglas M. Mantich.
06/09/2014	Brief amici curiae of Michigan and Six Other States filed.
06/25/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014.
10/06/2014	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by Douglas Mantich GRANTED.
10/06/2014	Petition DENIED.