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Prison Legal News v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 15-14220 · judgment May 17, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

ROGER A. DIXON LINDSAY E. RAY DECHERT LLP DECHERT LLP 2929 Arch Street 1095 Avenue of the Philadelphia, PA 19104 Americas

  1. 994-4000 New York, NY 10036

  2. 698-3500 SABARISH NEELAKANTA DEBORAH GOLDEN MASIMBA MUTAMBA HUMAN RIGHTS DANIEL MARSHALL DEFENSE CENTER HUMAN RIGHTS 316 F Street, NW, #107 DEFENSE CENTER Washington, DC 20002 P.O. Box 1151 (202) 543-8100 Lake Worth, FL 33460

  3. 360-2523 DANTE P. TREVISANI RANDALL C. BERG, JR. FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE, INC. 100 SE Second Street Suite 3750 Miami, FL 33131

  4. 358-2081 Counsel for Petitioner

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul D. Clement
Clement & Murphy, PLLC

For respondent
Amitabh Agarwal
Holland & Knight

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
9 cert-stage

Linked docket
18A126

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 19 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Dec 18 2018
    Reply of petitioner Prison Legal News filed.
  4. Dec 03 2018
    Brief of respondent Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections in opposition filed.
  5. Nov 16 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 3, 2018.
  6. Nov 14 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2018 to December 3, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Oct 19 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
  8. Oct 19 2018
    Brief amici curiae of R Street Institute, et al. filed.
  9. Oct 19 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Prison Book Clubs filed.
  10. Oct 19 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Civil Rights Advocacy Organizations filed.
  11. Oct 19 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Faith Organizations filed.
  12. Oct 16 2018
    Brief amici curiae of American Friends Service Committee; et al. filed. (Corrected version submitted)
  13. Oct 16 2018
    Brief amici curiae of American Friends Service Committee, et al. filed. (Amended version submitted November 1, 2018)
  14. Oct 15 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Former Corrections Officials filed.
  15. Oct 11 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 19, 2018.
  16. Oct 11 2018
    Brief amici curiae of 18 Organizations that favor freedom of the press and oppose censorship filed.
  17. Oct 05 2018
    Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections.
  18. Oct 05 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 19, 2018 to November 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  19. Sep 27 2018
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Prison Legal News.
  20. Sep 14 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 19, 2018)
  21. Aug 03 2018
    Application (18A126) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 14, 2018.
  22. Aug 02 2018
    Application (18A126) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 15, 2018 to September 14, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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