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HILL v. SNYDER

Nos. 13-2661, 13-2705.

821 F.3d 763 (2016)

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, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Rick SNYDER, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Michigan; Daniel H. Heyns, in his official capacity as Director, Michigan Department of Corrections; Thomas R. Combs, in his official capacity as Chair, Michigan Parole Board, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 11, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: B. Eric Restuccia , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Deborah LaBelle , Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants. ON BRIEF: Margaret A. Nelson , Joseph T. Froehlich, Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Deborah LaBelle , Ann Arbor, Michigan, Brandon J. Buskey , Steven M. Watt , Ezekiel R. Edwards , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York, Daniel S. Korobkin , Michael J. Steinberg , American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

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

OPINION

This long-running case returns us to the difficult topic of juvenile crime and punishment. Our return, however, is to a new legal landscape, one defined by the Supreme Court's developing jurisprudence recognizing that the unique characteristics of youth matter in determining the propriety of their punishment...

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