No. 18-8275
Brian Sawyers v. United States
Tags: civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection implicit-bias jury-instruction jury-instructions jury-selection racial-bias racial-discrimination racial-prejudice sixth-amendment voir-dire
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the federal district court should give an implicit-bias jury-instruction upon-request
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the federal district court should give an implicit bias jury instruction upon request where other courts have recognized that implicit bias is a genuine concern calling for cautionary instructions? i
Docket Entries
2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-02-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 4, 2019)
Attorneys
Brian Sawyers
Verna Jean Wefald — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Verna Jean Wefald — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent