HILL v. SNYDER

No. 18-1418.

900 F.3d 260 (2018)

Henry HILL; Jemal Tipton; Damion Todd; Bobby Hines; Kevin Boyd; Bosie Smith; Jennifer Pruitt; Matthew Bentley; Keith Maxey; Giovanni Casper; Jean Carlos Cintron; Nicole Dupure; Dontez Tillman, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Rick SNYDER, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Michigan; Heidi E. Washington, Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections; Michael Eagen, Chair, Michigan Parole Board; Bill Schuette, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Kathryn M. Dalzell , B. Eric Restuccia , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MICHIGAN, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. Deborah A. LaBelle , Ann Arbor, Michigan, Daniel S. Korobkin , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, Brandon J. Buskey , Steven M. Watt , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, STRANCH, and DONALD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

For the second time in less than twelve months, we find ourselves confronted with Michigan's statutory scheme for resentencing individuals who were convicted of first-degree murder and received mandatory sentences of life without parole for acts they committed as children. The present incarnation of this...

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