No. 20-7491

Esmervi Carone Rodriguez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: bad-faith circuit-court circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence-spoliation jury-instructions legal-force pattern-instructions spoliation-of-evidence
Key Terms:
Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-pattern-jury-instructions-have-independent-legal-force

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L. Whether pattern jury instructions approved by the circuit courts carry any independent legal force? I. Whether federal criminal defendants may receive a permissive instruction regarding the spoliation of evidence without showing that the government acted in bad faith when destroying evidence? ii

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-12
Reply of petitioner Esmervi Carone Rodriguez filed. (Distributed)
2021-07-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-12
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2021-06-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 12, 2021.
2021-06-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 11, 2021 to July 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-05-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 11, 2021.
2021-05-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 12, 2021 to June 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-04-12
Response Requested. (Due May 12, 2021)
2021-04-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-03-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Esmervi Carone Rodriguez
Kevin Joel PageOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent