No. 18-9361

Jordan Alexander Clemons v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2019-05-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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 BookmanAtlantic Center for Capital Representation, Petitioner
Pennsylvania
Eugene Anthony Vittone IIWashington County (PA) District Attorneys Office, Respondent
Eugene A. VittoneWashington County District Attorney, Respondent