HEREDIA v. BLYTHE

19-cv-338-jdp.

638 F.Supp.3d 984 (2022)

Victoriano HEREDIA, Dujuan Nash, Joseph Orosco, Barney Guarnero, Brian Pheil, Terrance Prude, Jumar Jones, and Deng Yang, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Christopher BLYTHE, Chairperson and Commissioner of the Wisconsin Parole Commission; Jennifer Kramer, Commissioner of the Wisconsin Parole Commission; Douglas Drankiewicz, Commissioner of the Wisconsin Parole Commission; Kevin Carr, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections; and Angela Hansen, Director of the Bureau of Classification and Movement, in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

Signed November 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avery Gilbert , Rhinecliff, NY, Christine Ann Donahoe , Emma Smith Shakeshaft , Laurence J. Dupuis , R. Timothy Muth , ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, Ellen Anderson , Patrick John Proctor-Brown , Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Andrew Martin Meerkins , Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Daniel A. Kaplan , Jasmine Jade Monee Reed , Foley & Lardner LLP, Madison, WI, Gregory T. Everts , Martha Jahn Snyder , Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, Issa Kohler-Hausmann , Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff Victoriano Heredia.

Avery Gilbert , Rhinecliff, NY, Christine Ann Donahoe , Laurence J. Dupuis , ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, Ellen Anderson , Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, Andrew Martin Meerkins , Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Hillary Nicole Vedvig , Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, Gregory T. Everts , Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs Dujuan Nash, Joseph Orosco, Barney Guarnero, Brian Pheil, Dontae Doyle, Jumar Jones, Deng Yang.

Karla Z. Keckhaver , Beauregard William Patterson , Colin A. Hector , Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Madison, WI, for Defendants Steven Landreman, Danielle LaCost, Douglas Drankiewicz, Kevin Carr, Mark Heise.

Karla Z. Keckhaver , Beauregard William Patterson , Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants John Tate, Jennifer Kramer, Angela Hansen.


OPINION and ORDER

Plaintiffs represent a class of Wisconsin prisoners serving long sentences for crimes committed when they were minors. The central question in the case is how the Constitution limits the authority of the Wisconsin Parole Commission to grant or deny parole to those who committed crimes...

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