No. 19-7487
Jonathan Blades v. United States
Amici (3)IFP
Tags: courtroom-access courtroom-proceedings due-process fair-trial public-trial right-to-public-trial sixth-amendment standing trial-transparency voir-dire white-noise
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Latest Conference:
2020-06-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does barring members of the public from hearing trial proceedings, without any special justification or findings, violate the right to a public trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED In this case, the voir dire of every prospective juror was conducted at the judge’s bench in the courtroom while the judge used a white-noise machine called a “husher” to prevent anyone in the audience from hearing. The question presented is: Does barring members of the public from hearing trial proceedings, without any special justification or findings, violate the right to a public trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment? i
Docket Entries
2020-06-29
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-06-10
Reply of petitioner Jonathan Blades filed. (Distributed)
2020-05-27
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2020-04-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 27, 2020.
2020-04-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 29, 2020 to May 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 29, 2020.
2020-03-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 30, 2020 to April 29, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-02-28
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
2020-02-28
Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed.
2020-02-27
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Susan Herman, Raleigh Hannah Levine, Justin Murray, and Jocelyn Simonson filed.
2020-02-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 30, 2020.
2020-02-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 28, 2020 to March 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-01-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2020)
2019-12-11
Application (19A654) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 30, 2019 to January 29, 2020, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2019-12-11
Application (19A654) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 29, 2020.
Attorneys
Cato Institute
Jay Remington Schweikert — The Cato Institute, Amicus
Jonathan Blades
Samia Fam — Public Defender Service, Petitioner
Law Professors Susan Herman, Raleigh Hannah Levine, Justin Murray, and Jocelyn Simonson
Eugene Volokh — UCLA School of Law, Amicus
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent