No. 19-720
United States v. Riley Briones, Jr.
Relisted (2)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure discretionary-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment life-without-parole parole sentencing sentencing-discretion
Key Terms:
Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2021-04-30
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Miller v. Alabama entitles respondent to invalidation of a discretionary life-without-parole sentence
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether Miller v. Alabama, which “h[e]ld that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life in prison without possibility of parole for juvenile offenders,” 567 U.S. 460, 479 (2012), entitles respondent to invalidation of a discretionary life-withoutparole sentence. (D)
Docket Entries
2021-06-04
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2021-05-06
Letter from Clerk of Court to counsel of record.
2021-05-03
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>Jones</i> v. <i>Mississippi</i>, 593 U. S. ___ (2021).
2021-04-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2020-04-22
Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
2020-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-06
Brief of respondent Riley Briones, Jr. in opposition filed.
2020-03-10
Letter of March 10, 2020 from the Solicitor General filed.
2020-02-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 6, 2020.
2020-02-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 6, 2020 to April 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-01-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 6, 2020.
2020-01-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 5, 2020 to March 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-12-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 5, 2020.
2019-12-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2020 to February 5, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)
2019-10-25
Application (19A343) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until December 6, 2019.
2019-10-24
Application (19A343) to extend further the time from November 6, 2019 to December 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
2019-09-26
Application (19A343) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until November 6, 2019.
2019-09-25
Application (19A343) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2019 to November 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch. (Justice Kagan is recused.)
Attorneys
Riley Briones, Jr.
Melanie Lynn Bostwick — Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Respondent
Melanie Lynn Bostwick — Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Respondent
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Petitioner
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Petitioner