No. 19-8847

Michael D. Nixon v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-USC-3006A constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-witness funding-denial geo-location indigent-defendant sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Michael D. Nixon's constitutional rights were violated when the District Court failed to grant him, an indigent defendant, funding for a geo-location cellular phone expert witness pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(e)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether Michael D. Nixon's constitutional rights were violated when the District Court failed to grant him, an indigent defendant, funding for a geo-location cellular phone expert witness pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(e).

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Michael D. Nixon
Kevin Michael CafferkeyKevin M. Cafferkey Esq., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent