No. 21-5329

Omar Sharpe v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights court-of-appeals courtroom-behavior criminal-trial district-court due-process illinois-v-allen shackling
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Petitioner's Due Process rights were violated

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether Petitioner’s Due Process rights were violated when the Court of Appeals failed to remedy the District Court’s improper shackling of Petitioner during trial for his alleged behavior outside of the courtroom, which conflicts with the Supreme Court’s decision in Illinois v. Allen, 397 U.S. 337 (1970). i

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-08-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Omar Sharpe
Robin SmithLaw Office of Robin C. Smith, Esq., P.C., Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent