No. 19-5938

Jason Bo-Alan Beckman v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: asset-forfeiture asset-freezing civil-procedure civil-proceeding civil-rights criminal-counsel criminal-procedure due-process errors-and-omissions errors-and-omissions-policy forfeiture-rights luis-v-united-states right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the Government circumvent Luis v. United States protections

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Can the Government circumvent Luis v_United States, 578 U.S. ’ 136 S. Ct. 1083 (2016) protections by using a civil proceeding to freeze untainted assets --namely an errors and omissions policy-a few months prior to initiating a criminal proceeding for the same acts as the civil case, preventing defendant exercising his right to choose criminal counsel. Can an errors and omissions policy secured prior to the commencement of the charged acts, with untainted funds, be subject to an asset freeze order or criminal forfeiture when the primary purpose of the policy is to cover the representational expenses incurred and is payable directly to the attorney or firm? Did the Eighth Circuit fail to adhere to Slack v_McDaniel's, 529 U.S. 473 (2000), minimal requirements in denying --without Luis C.O.A. claim when every other circuit would, and has, disagreed with the district court's opinion?

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-09-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)
2019-08-07
Application (19A147) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until August 22, 2019.
2019-07-30
Application (19A147) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 31, 2019 to August 22, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Jason B. Beckman
Jason Bo-Alan Beckman — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent