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Huskisson v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on February 24, 2020

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-527 7th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: (1) Whether the independent-source exception to the exclusionary rule, like all other exclusionary rule exceptions, takes into account the flagrancy and deliberate nature of the underlying Fourth Amendment violation; and (2) whether the First Step Act of 2018, which lowered the mandatory minimum for many drug offenses and retroactively applies "to any offense that was committed before [December 21, 2018], if a sentence for the offense has not been imposed as of" that day, applies to cases still on direct appeal.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/20/2019Application (19A210) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 3, 2019 to October 18, 2019, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
08/22/2019Application (19A210) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 18, 2019.
10/17/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 22, 2019)
11/13/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 22, 2019 to December 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
11/14/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 23, 2019.
12/12/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 23, 2019 to January 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
12/13/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 22, 2020.
01/22/2020Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
02/04/2020Reply of petitioner Paul Huskisson filed.
02/05/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
02/24/2020Petition DENIED.