No. 19-742

James Bailey-Snyder v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response Waived
Tags: arrest-definition civil-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process liberty-restriction prisoner-rights prosecutorial-discretion solitary-confinement speedy-trial wilkinson-v-austin
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does imposing solitary confinement on a prisoner while police and prosecutors investigate and consider new criminal charges amount to an 'arrest' giving rise to speedy trial protections?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In United States v. Gouveia, this Court left open the question whether transferring a prisoner to solitary confinement for purposes of “detention” while police and prosecutors investigate and consider new criminal charges amounts to an arrest that activates speedy trial rights. 467 U.S. 180, 189-90 & n.6 (1984). Since that time, this Court has recognized that prolonged solitary confinement often constitutes an “atypical and significant” additional restriction on liberty because it deprives prisoners of “almost any environmental or sensory stimuli and of almost all human contact.” Wilkinson v. Austin, 545 U.S. 209, 214, 224 (2005). The question presented is: Does imposing solitary confinement on a prisoner while police and prosecutors investigate and consider new criminal charges amount to an “arrest” giving rise to speedy trial protections?

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
Brief amicus curiae of Former Corrections Directors filed. (Received Jan. 13)
2020-01-08
Brief amici curiae of Professors and Practitioners of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Medicine filed. (Distributed)
2020-01-07
Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Clinics, Law Professors and Non-Profit Organizations filed. (Distributed)
2019-12-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 10, 2020)
2019-09-26
Application (19A344) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 7, 2019.
2019-09-25
Application (19A344) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 8, 2019 to December 7, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Former Corrections Directors
Laura L. RovnerStudent Law Office - Civil Rights Clinic, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Amicus
Human Rights Clinics, Law Professors and Non-Profit Organizations
Claudia Maria FloresMandel Legal Aid Clinic, The University of Chicago Law School, Amicus
James Bailey-Snyder
Daniel M. GreenfieldMacArthur Justice Center, Petitioner
Professors and Practitioners of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Medicine
Jeffrey T. GreenSidley Austin, Amicus
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent