I don't know what's going on in the cases that SCOTUS denied without comment, but here's Ugarles One-Ish Tweet recaps of the various Per Curiam opinions or comments on denial of cert.
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In Emmons, SCOTUS remanded a qualified immunity case to CA9 for reconsideration in an unsigned opinion with no dissents that is roughly "we watched the video and ... come on." They describe the arrest in incredibly banal and non-violent terms.
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SCOTUS flat reversed CA9 for another defendant officer in the same case who the district court found never touched the plaintiff at all.
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In Hill, SCOTUS used the dreaded AEDPA to chide CA6 for trying to use a later-decided case (Moore) on applying the death penalty to the intellectually challenged to grant habeas by arguing that it was merely an explanation of the timely case that it was purportedly relying on.
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In Hester, there was a Justice fight over whether a jury needs to determine the amount of restitution when the defendant pleads guilty. SA said no, and argued that he doesn't really think earlier cases like Apprendi that apply the rule to prison terms are wise either.
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NG and SS were on an opinion saying that it at least warrants further consideration, and would probably extend Apprendi to determining the amount of restitution.
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In Lance, SS, RBG and EK argue that the Court should have heard an ineffective assistance claim because counsel provided no mitigation evidence at sentencing. CA11 upheld the Georgia SC decision that the mitigation argument was so unconvincing counsel's decision was harmless.
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Before the beloved Mic Dicta was the tolerated Ugarles' One-Ish Tweet SCOTUS Recaps https://twitter.com/RobertJGross/status/1082294024977825792 …
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