No. 20-8103

Sayda Powery Orellana and Manuel Porras Salas v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure forfeiture jury-instructions plain-error procedural-default waiver
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether agreement to a set of joint jury instructions is a waiver or forfeiture

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED A. | Whether agreement to a set of joint jury instructions as directed by a court order is a waiver completely precluding review of instructional errors or only a forfeiture allowing review for plain error. B. | Whether and when a court of appeals can ignore a party’s “waiver of a waiver” and sua sponte enforce the waiver. i

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-05-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-05-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 24, 2021)
Petition

Attorneys

Sayda Orellana, et al.
Carlton Frederick Gunn — Petitioner
Carlton Frederick Gunn — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent