No. 20-5942

John Tran v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule federal-criminal-procedure good-faith-exception judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction procedural-error rule-41 search-and-seizure void-ab-initio warrant-validity
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the First Circuit erroneously applied the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the First Circuit erroneously applied the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule where the government violated Fed. R. Crim. P. 41 intentionally? 2. Whether the First Circuit erroneously applied the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule to a warrant that was void ab initio because it was issued without jurisdiction? ii

Docket Entries

2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 6, 2020)

Attorneys

John Tran
William FickFick & Marx LLP, Petitioner
William FickFick & Marx LLP, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent