No. 19-6034

Tomas Liriano Castillo v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appointments-clause attorney-general-succession-act civil-procedure federal-government federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-vacancies-reform-act notice plain-error procedural-forfeiture rule-52b social-media social-media-notice
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Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can announcements made via the President's personal social media be sufficient to put litigants against the Federal Government on notice so that litigants could forfeit an argument resulting in Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b)'s plain error review and, if so, under what circumstances?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The questions presented are: 1. Can announcements made via the President’s personal social media be sufficient to put litigants against the Federal Government on notice so that litigants could forfeit an argument resulting in Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b)’s plan error review and, if so, under what circumstances? 2. Did Matthew G. Whitaker’s appointment as the Acting Attorney General violate the Appointments Clause, the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, and/or the Attorney General Succession Act? i

Docket Entries

2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-09-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 24, 2019)

Attorneys

Tomas Liriano Castillo
Joseph A. DiRuzzo IIIDiRuzzo & Company, Petitioner
Joseph A. DiRuzzo IIIDiRuzzo & Company, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent