No. 18-199

Ken Liang v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure doj-investigation due-process government-misconduct jury-trial jury-trial-waiver material-witness obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct reverse-sting
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an individual can be convicted of obstructing justice when the underlying alleged crime being investigated was not a crime, and the DOJ used oppressive and goading tactics to cause the individual to oppose the investigation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Is it an Obstruction of Justice, when an individual obstructs an _— oppressive DOI investigation, when, the alleged crime to be investigated was not a crime, and the DOJ investigation was not created to investigate the crime, but was created to goad the individual into opposing, thereby “obstructing” the oppressive investigation? 2) Can the District Court give an incomplete jury trial waiver colloquy that does not address the crucial jury trial waiver elements because of an individual’s background?

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-06-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2018)

Attorneys

Ken Liang
Ken Liang — Petitioner
Ken Liang — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent