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United States v. Riley Briones, Jr.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-10150 · judgment July 9, 2019
Before the decision, about 2.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
Whether Miller v. Alabama, which “h[e]ld that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life in prison without possibility of parole for juvenile offenders,” 567 U.S. 460, 479 (2012), entitles respondent to invalidation of a discretionary life-withoutparole sentence. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
For respondent
Melanie Lynn Bostwick
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Proceedings
- Jun 04 2021JUDGMENT ISSUED.
- May 06 2021Letter from Clerk of Court to counsel of record.
- May 03 2021Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Jones v. Mississippi, 593 U. S. ___ (2021).
- Apr 26 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
- Apr 22 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
- Apr 22 2020Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 06 2020Brief of respondent Riley Briones, Jr. in opposition filed.
- Mar 10 2020Letter of March 10, 2020 from the Solicitor General filed.
- Feb 27 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 6, 2020.
- Feb 26 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 6, 2020 to April 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 23 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 6, 2020.
- Jan 22 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 5, 2020 to March 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 27 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 5, 2020.
- Dec 26 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2020 to February 5, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 06 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)
- Oct 25 2019Application (19A343) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until December 6, 2019.
- Oct 24 2019Application (19A343) to extend further the time from November 6, 2019 to December 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
- Sep 26 2019Application (19A343) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until November 6, 2019.
- Sep 25 2019Application (19A343) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2019 to November 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch. (Justice Kagan is recused.)