No. 20-6293

Raymond Alan Griffin v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-law findings-of-fact motion-to-suppress threshold-determination
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a district court make findings of fact resolving contested issues in determining that the threshold for holding an evidentiary hearing on a defendant's motion to suppress has not been met?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED MAY A DISTRICT COURT MAKE FINDINGS OF FACT RESOLVING CONTESTED ISSUES IN DETERMINING THAT THE THRESHOLD FOR HOLDING AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON A DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO SUPPRESS HAS NOT BEEN MET? i

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-30
Waiver of right of respondent USA to respond filed.
2020-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Raymond Griffin
Michael W. PatrickLaw Office of Michael W. Patrick, Petitioner
Michael W. PatrickLaw Office of Michael W. Patrick, Petitioner
USA
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent