No. 18-8200

Tommy Earl Boone, Jr. v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-02-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process legislative-intent official-discretion parole punishment-proportionality sentencing-discretion standing statutory-interpretation takings
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-06-20 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Texas legislature's strategic dismantling of the SAFE-Keeping proviso of the 1987-Amended Law violates substantive due process

Question Presented (from Petition)

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Docket Entries

2019-06-24
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-05-06
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2018-11-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Tommy Earl Boone
Tommy Earl Boone Jr. — Petitioner
Tommy Earl Boone Jr. — Petitioner