No. 20-5037

Bruce Zachary Pugh v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure fairness-integrity judicial-review jury-instructions plain-error public-reputation substantial-rights supreme-court-precedent trial-record
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether plain-error review allows courts to review beyond the trial record

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED (1) Whether plain-error review for failure to instruct on an element of the offense, based upon an intervening U.S. Supreme Court decision, allows courts to review beyond the trial record when analyzing whether the error affected a defendant’s substantial rights or impacted the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the trial? (2) Whether plain-error review for failure to instruct on an element of the offense requires the evidence to be “overwhelming” to find that the error did not affect a defendant’s substantial rights or impact the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the trial?

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-07
Supplemental brief of petitioner Bruce Zachary Pugh filed.
2020-12-04
Rescheduled.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-13
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2020-11-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 13, 2020.
2020-11-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 9, 2020 to November 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2020.
2020-10-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 9, 2020 to November 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-09
Response Requested. (Due October 9, 2020)
2020-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 19, 2020)

Attorneys

Bruce Zachary Pugh
Heather Rae QuickFederal Public Defender Office for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, Petitioner
Heather Rae QuickFederal Public Defender Office for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent