No. 18-7452

Herminio Garcia-Carillo v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process due-process,equal-protection,immigration,prejudice equal-protection fair-trial free-speech immigration immigration-bias impartiality jury-selection prejudice voir-dire
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-02-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a judge must allow voir dire into prejudice against Mexican immigrants when a Mexican immigrant faces trial for illegal reentry after a presidential candidate decries Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug traffickers who bring crime to the United States

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented When a Mexican immigrant faces trial for illegal reentry after a successful presidential candidate decries Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug traffickers who bring crime to the United States, must a judge allow some voir dire into prejudice against Mexican immigrants? -prefix

Docket Entries

2019-02-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Herminio Garcia-Carillo
Rebecca Charney FishFederal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
Rebecca Charney FishFederal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent