Smith v. McKinney
Certiorari Denied
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).
Oct 22, 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 27, 2020)
Dec 9, 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Jan 5, 2021Response Requested. (Due February 4, 2021)
Jan 22, 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 4, 2021 to March 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.Jan 25, 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 8, 2021.
Mar 8, 2021Brief of respondents James McKinney, et al. in opposition filed.Mar 15, 2021Motion 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, 2021Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until April 14, 2021 granted.
Apr 13, 2021Reply of petitioner Craig Eugene Smith filed. (Distributed)Apr 14, 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
May 3, 2021Petition DENIED.
Recommended Citation: Smith v. McKinney, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/smith-v-mckinney/