No. 19-5961

Mark Whitehead v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-due-process constitutional-law criminal-contempt due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal jury-trial recusal trial-procedure
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a trial judge that has had a significant hand in the accusatory process of a criminal contempt jury trial should be recused from presiding over that same trial as a constitutional matter?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether a trial judge that has had a significant hand in the accusatory process of a criminal contempt jury trial should be recused from presiding over that same trial as a constitutional matter? i

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 of America to respond filed.
2019-09-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 17, 2019)

Attorneys

Mark Whitehead
Ashwini MateAshwini Mate, Petitioner
Ashwini MateAshwini Mate, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent