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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
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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
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)