No. 19-8555

James Troiano v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-05-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus harmless-error rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states structural-error
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-06-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Rehaif error is structural and requires automatic reversal, or is subject to harmless error review

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Fourth Circuit has held that error under Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), is structural; the Ninth Circuit and other courts routinely deem Rehaif error nonprejudicial and decline to cure it. Because jurists of reason can differ on whether Rehaif error is structural, did the Ninth Circuit err in denying petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. §2253? -i

Docket Entries

2020-06-29
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
2020-06-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 29, 2020)

Attorneys

James Troiano
Peter Christian Wolff Jr.Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent