Federal Judiciary

Petition of the day

By Kiran Bhat

The petition of the day is: 

Title: Jones v. Keller
Docket: 10-804
Issue(s): (1) Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina correctly held that the Due Process Clause permitted the state to continue to incarcerate prisoners even though they had been awarded sufficient sentence-reduction credits to mandate release; and (2) whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina correctly held that the Ex Post Facto Clause permitted the state to refuse to honor the sentence-reduction credits awarded to petitioners as prescribed by law at the time of petitioners' offenses.

Certiorari stage documents:

• Opinion below (Supreme Court of North Carolina)
• Petition for certiorari
• Amicus brief of Equal Justice Initiative et al.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on February 07, 2011 (boomark / email).