No. 19-5609

Marlin Chin and Patrick E. Lee v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2019-08-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: decades-old-case evidentiary-presumption judicial-discretion missing-evidence motion-for-new-trial new-trial presumption-of-impropriety trial-court-error witness-fees witness-vouchers
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court erred in denying a Motion for New Trial when witness vouchers issued for payment of witness fees in a decades old case could not be located and there existed a basis to presume that improper witness vouchers may have been issued

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED |. Whether the trial court erred in denying a Motion for New Trial when witness vouchers issued for payment of witness fees in a decades old case could not be located and there existed a basis to presume that improper witness vouchers may have been issued.

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-08-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 16, 2019)

Attorneys

Marlin Chin
Steven R. Kiersh — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent