No. 18-9361
Jordan Alexander Clemons v. Pennsylvania
IFP
Tags: affidavit appellate-procedure civil-rights court-access criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-proportionality in-forma-pauperis indigence indigent-status juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing legal-representation life-imprisonment pro-bono
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred in rejecting petitioner's claim that his sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a crime committed as a juvenile violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-20
Brief of respondent Pennsylvania in opposition filed.
2019-06-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 19, 2019.
2019-06-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 20, 2019 to August 19, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-05-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 20, 2019)
2019-04-05
Application (18A1024) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 22, 2019.
2019-03-29
Application (18A1024) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 23, 2019 to June 22, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Jordan Alexander Clemons
Marc Alan Bookman — Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, Petitioner
Pennsylvania
Eugene A. Vittone — Washington County District Attorney, Respondent