No. 20-7491
Esmervi Carone Rodriguez v. United States
Tags: bad-faith circuit-court circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence-spoliation jury-instructions legal-force pattern-instructions spoliation-of-evidence
Key Terms:
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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 Page — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent