No. 18-5173

Wilberth Medina Garcia v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure deportation due-process evidence-law hearsay immigration immigration-law sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence testimonial-hearsay
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an immigration officer's formalized statements relating the fact of an alien's removal constitute testimonial hearsay for the purposes of analyzing the confrontation clause?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether an immigration officer’s formalized statements relating the fact of an alien’s removal constitute testimonial hearsay for the purposes of analyzing the confrontation clause? | | i | | | i | | i | PARTIES | Wilberth Medina Garcia is the Petitioner, who was the defendant-appellant below. The : United States of America is the Respondent, who was the plaintiff-appellee below. | i | | iii | | |

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2018)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Wilberth Garcia
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner