No. 20-7861

Razhden Shulaya v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: allen-charge civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-coercion jury-deliberation jury-deliberations jury-instructions right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw
Latest Conference: 2021-05-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should a District Court issue an Allen charge when a jury bullies a holdout juror?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Should certiorari be granted to find that, when a jury bullies a holdout juror, the District Court should issue an A//en charge, in which it instructs it that no juror should yield a conscientious conviction he may have? 2. Should certiorari be granted to find that a District Court may not abridge a Petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to retain the counsel of his own choosing at sentence? i

Docket Entries

2021-05-24
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-05-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 27, 2021)

Attorneys

Ruzhdan Shulaya
Arza Rayches FeldmanFeldman & Feldman, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent