No. 20-6523

Jason Lamont Brooks v. Scott Jordan, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aedpa aedpa-time-bar civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection habeas-corpus juvenile-offender lwop-sentence meaningful-opportunity montgomery-miller-precedent standing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the AEDPA time-bar apply to a 'protected-class-of-citizen's' claim for relief?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Does the AEDPA time-bar apply to a “protected class of citizen’s” claim for relief? 2. Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit a “de jure”/”de ‘ facto” LWOP sentence under Montgomery, Miller, Graham when a state intentionally refuses to grant a juvenile offender a “meaningful opportunity to obtain release based on demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation?” : Page 1 of 11

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-14
Waiver of right of respondent Scott Jordan, Warden to respond filed.
2020-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 4, 2021)

Attorneys

Jason L. Brooks
Jason Lamont Brooks — Petitioner
Scott Jordan, Warden
Todd Dryden FergusonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent