No. 22-5149

Rajesh Ramcharan v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-07-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process immigration immigration-fraud marriage-fraud racial-prejudice rosales-loper voir-dire
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the judge required to conduct the requested voir dire on racial prejudice under the 'reasonable possibility' standard set forth in Rosales-Loper v. United States?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Rajesh Ramcharan is Black. He was charged with immigration and marriagefraud related offenses. Both immigration and marriage ate issues with long histories of codified racial prejudice. Moreover, Mr. Ramcharan went to trial at a time when some of America’s top elected officials were expressly espousing and implicitly endorsing racially prejudicial views. Before trial, Mr. Ramcharan asked the judge to voir dire on the issue of racial prejudice. The judge refused. In light of the totality of the circumstances surrounding Mr. Ramcharan’s trial, was the judge required to conduct the requested voir dire under the “reasonable possibility” standard set forth by this Court in Rosales-Lopex v. United States, 451 U.S. 182 (1981). il

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-08-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-07-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 22, 2022)

Attorneys

Rajesh Ramcharan
Grant Russell SmithOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Grant Russell SmithOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent