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Hjalmar Rodriguez, Jr. v. Edward H. Burnside, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-11218 · judgment June 30, 2022
Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and a petition citing one or two dissents.
Question presented
In Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 89 (1987), this Court held that “when a prison regulation impinges on inmates’ constitutional rights, the regulation is valid if it is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.” Under Turner, “the existence of obvious, easy alternatives” to a challenged prison policy “may be evidence that the regulation is not reasonable.” Id. at 90. In particular, if a plaintiff “can point to an alternative that fully accommodates the prisoner’s rights at de minimis cost to valid penological interest[s],” the challenged regulation may fail to satisfy the reasonable relationship standard. Id. at 91. The question presented is: Whether, under Turner, a court may only consider proposed alternatives to a challenged policy that would apply on a prison-wide scale, or whether a court may also consider a more narrow alternative that would need only apply to the individual plaintiff. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeremy Charles Marwell
Vinson & Elkins LLP
For respondent
Stephen John Petrany
Georgia Department of Law
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage
Linked docket
22A377
Order
Order list, April 24, 2023 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Apr 24 2023Petition DENIED.
- Apr 05 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
- Apr 04 2023Reply of petitioner Hjalmar Rodriguez, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 20 2023Brief of respondents Edward H. Burnside, et al. in opposition filed.
- Feb 17 2023Brief amici curiae of Rutherford Institute, et al. filed.
- Feb 15 2023Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed.
- Feb 15 2023Brief amici curiae of Muslim Advocates, et al. filed.
- Jan 27 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 20, 2023.
- Jan 26 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 17, 2023 to March 20, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 18 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
- Jan 18 2023Response Requested. (Due February 17, 2023)
- Jan 12 2023Waiver of right of respondent Edward H. Burnside, et al. to respond filed.
- Dec 22 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 26, 2023)
- Nov 02 2022Application (22A377) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 22, 2022.
- Oct 31 2022Application (22A377) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 22, 2022 to January 20, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.