Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the immigration officer's handwritten notes and checkmarks on a naturalization application are 'testimonial' and subject to the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED The lower court in this case admitted into evidence an immigration officer’s handwritten notes and checkmarks on a naturalization application, made during a naturalization interview where Petitioner was placed under oath and directed to sign the application under penalty of perjury, and where his alleged oral misstatements were then used as the basis of a criminal prosecution against him. The question presented is whether those handwritten notes and checkmarks are “testimonial,” rendering the immigration officer a “witness” subject to Petitioner’s right of confrontation under the Sixth Amendment. i
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-30
Reply of petitioner Justo Santos filed. (Distributed)
2020-11-13
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2020-10-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 13, 2020.
2020-10-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 16, 2020 to November 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 16, 2020.
2020-08-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 16, 2020 to October 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 16, 2020.
2020-08-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 17, 2020 to September 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-07-17
Response Requested. (Due August 17, 2020)
2020-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-06-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 10, 2020)
2020-03-20
Application (19A1028) dismissed in light of the Court's order of March 19, 2020.
2020-03-16
Application (19A1028) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 8, 2020 to June 7, 2020, submitted to Justice Thomas.