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Rico Sanders v. Dylon Radtke, Warden
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 19-2596 · judgment November 30, 2020
Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether this Court’s Eighth Amendment precedent clearly establishes that a sentencing court must consider a defendant’s juvenile status as a mitigating factor before imposing a life sentence with a remote possibility of parole.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Elizabeth Graber Bentley
Jones Day
For respondent
Sarah Lynn Burgundy
Wisconsin Department of Justice
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 14 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 09 2021Waiver of right of respondent Dylon Radtke, Warden to respond filed.
- Jun 17 2021Letter pursuant to Rule 35.3 received.
- Jun 10 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2021)