Snowden v. Flanery

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[c]onsider- ing the current procedural posture of the case, the Court agrees with Plaintiff that he has presented at least a plausible § 1983 claim”
• noting that “[c]ase law and legal commentators both encourage the denial of Rule 12(b)(6) motions where novel or unique theories are presented”
• “a de facto life without parole sentence ... is prohibited by Graham and its progeny”
• “Case law and legal commentators both encourage the denial of Rule 12(b)(6) motions where novel or unique theories are presented.”
• “The Court disagrees with Defendants that Graham has no applicability outside the context of a juvenile's initial sentencing”
• “[A]lthough Graham stops short of guaranteeing parole, . . . it creates a categorical entitlement to ‘demonstrate maturity and reform,’ to show that ‘he is fit to rejoin society,’ and to have a ‘meaningful opportunity for release’

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