No. 20-5542
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-limitation due-process juvenile-adjudication life-sentence miller-v-alabama sentencing-precedent sexually-violent-person
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether this Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), which prohibits life sentences for juveniles, prevents a court from civilly committing someone for life as a sexually violent person based on a single juvenile adjudication
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Question Presented Whether this Court’s decision in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), which prohibits life sentences for juveniles, prevents a court from civilly committing someone for life as a sexually violent person based on a single juvenile adjudication. i.
Docket Entries
2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-17
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2020-08-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 1, 2020)
Attorneys
Devin Kugler
Nathaniel Abel Nieman — Nate Nieman, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Nathaniel Abel Nieman — Nate Nieman, Attorney at Law, Petitioner