No. 20-6471

Israel Washington v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure court-standard due-process judicial-discretion legal-standard standard-of-review testimony-readback trial-procedure
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying a request for the readback of testimony

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED : [1] WHETHER CERTIORARI SHOULD BE GRANTED CONCERNING THE : : DISTRICT COURT'S APPLICATION OF THE ABUSE OF . DISCRETION STANDARD IN RELATION TO THE DENIAL OF A REQUEST FOR THE READBACK OF TESTIMONY? WHEN THE COURT ADOPTS A POLICY OF DISALLOWING READBACKS, THE COURT HAS ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY FAILING TO EXERCISE iT. (i)

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
2020-11-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 31, 2020)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service

Attorneys

Israel Washington
Israel Washington — Petitioner
Israel Washington — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent