No. 23-7500

Jonathan Pendleton v. Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ngri-statute
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-11-22 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether and to what extent Virginia's 'not guilty by reason of insanity' (NGRI) statutes are unconstitutional

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether and to what extent Virginia’s “not guilty by reason of insanity” (NGRI) statutes, Va. Code § 19.2-182.2, et seq., are facially unconstitutional, in violation of the equal protection and due process holdings in Foucha v. Louisiana, 504 U.S. 71, 112 S. Ct. 1780, 118 L. Ed. 2d 437 (1992). II. Whether Virginia’s NGRI statutes, together with the “customs, policies, and practices” of various State and local agencies, constitute “deliberate indifference” to cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning of Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 114 S. Ct. 1970, 128 L. Ed. 2d 811 (1994). . i

Docket Entries

2024-11-25
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
2024-10-24
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-05-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 17, 2024)

Attorneys

Jonathan Pendleton
Jonathan E. Pendleton — Petitioner
Jonathan E. Pendleton — Petitioner