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IN RE PENDLETON

Nos. 12-3617, 12-3996, 13-1455.

732 F.3d 280 (2013)

In re Michael J. PENDLETON, Petitioner in Case No. 12-3617. In re Franklin X. Baines, Petitioner in Case No. 12-3996. In re Corey Grant, Petitioner in Case No. 13-1455.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed October 3, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa B. Freeland, Esquire (Argued), Federal Public Defender, Western District of Pennsylvania, Office of Federal Public Defender, Pittsburgh, PA, for Petitioner Michael J. Pendleton.

Stephen A. Zappala, Jr., Esquire , District Attorney, Michael W. Streily, Esquire , Deputy District Attorney, Rusheen R. Pettit, Esquire (Argued), Assistant District Attorney, Allegheny County Office of the District Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, for Respondent Gerald Rozum, Superintendent at SCI Somerset.

David R. Fine, Esquire (Argued), George A. Bibikos, Esquire , K & L Gates, LLP, Harrisburg, PA, for Petitioner Franklin X. Baines.

R. Seth Williams, Esquire , District Attorney, Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Esquire , Chief, Appeals Unit, Thomas W. Dolgenos, Esquire , Chief, Federal Litigation, Ronald Eisenberg, Esquire (Argued), Deputy District Attorney, Edward F. McCann, Jr., Esquire , First Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia County Office of District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for Respondents Louis S. Folino, Superintendent, SCI, Green; The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Marc Bookman, Esq. , Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, Philadelphia, PA, for the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, Amicus Petitioner.

Bradley S. Bridge, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, Amicus Petitioner.

Marsha L. Levick, Esq. , Juvenile Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for the Juvenile Law Center of Philadelphia, Amicus Petitioner.

David B. Glazer, Esquire (Argued), Glazer & Luciano, Livingston, NJ, for Petitioner Corey Grant.

Paul J. Fishman, Esquire , United States Attorney, Mark E. Coyne, Esquire , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appeals Division, Steven G. Sanders, Esquire (Argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Office of United States Attorney, Newark, NJ, for Respondent United States of America.

Before: RENDELL, JORDAN and GREENAWAY, JR., Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In Miller v. Alabama, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 2460, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), the Supreme Court held that "mandatory life without parole for those under the age of 18 at the time of their crimes violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on `cruel and unusual punishments.'" Corey Grant, Franklin X. Baines, and Michael J. Pendleton (collectively, "Petitioners"), each...

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