No. 20-7089
Kemen Lavatos Taylor, II v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-scrutiny courtroom-closure courtroom-closures eighth-circuit-court-of-appeals judicial-procedure minnesota-supreme-court public-trial sixth-amendment triviality-exception
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-03-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Sixth Amendment's public trial guarantee contains a triviality exception
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment’s public trial guarantee contains a triviality exception, consistent with the Minnesota Supreme Court and Eight Circuit Court of Appeals opinions, such that there are certain courtroom closures to which the Sixth Amendment does not even apply. 2
Docket Entries
2021-03-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2021-02-16
Waiver of right of respondent Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. to respond filed.
2021-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2021)
Attorneys
Kemen Taylor, II
Zachary Allen Longsdorf — Longsdorf Law Firm, PLC, Petitioner
Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al.
Jean Elizabeth Burdorf — Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Respondent