No. 19-7594

Felix Lopez-Cabrera v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment age-of-culpability age-of-majority criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-sentence life-sentences national-consensus neuroscience
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Related Cases: 19-7574 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Supreme Court jurisprudence finding mandatory life sentences for juveniles cruel and unusual under the Eight Amendment, and non-mandatory life sentences cruel and unusual for juveniles unless they are 'irreparably corrupt' and 'permanently incorrigible,' applies to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether Supreme Court jurisprudence finding mandatory life sentences for juveniles cruel and unusual under the Eight Amendment, and non-mandatory life sentences cruel and unusual for juveniles unless they are “irreparably corrupt” and “permanently incorrigible,” applies to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21. i

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Felix Lopez-Cabrera
Jesse SiegelJesse M. Siegel, Esq., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent