Petition DENIED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.

Reply of petitioner Jon Eric Shaffer filed. (Distributed)

Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until April 15, 2020, granted.

Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from April 1, 2020 to April 15, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.

Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.

Brief amici curiae of The DKT Liberty Project, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Ben A. McJunkin filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 15, 2020.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 16, 2019 to January 15, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2019)

Application (19A224) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 13, 2019.

Application (19A224) to extend further the time from October 16, 2019 to October 13, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Application (19A224) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 16, 2019.

Application (19A224) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 16, 2019 to October 16, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Jon Eric Shaffer, Petitioner, represented by Amir H. Ali

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent, represented by Christopher Joseph Schmidt

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent, represented by William Ross Stoycos

Professor Ben A. McJunkin, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anne Margaret Voigts

The DKT Liberty Project, The Due Process Institute, Reason Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jessica Ring Amunson