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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

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 14 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Dylon Radtke, Warden to respond filed.
  4. Jun 17 2021
    Letter pursuant to Rule 35.3 received.
  5. Jun 10 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2021)