No. 22-6190

Kevin Patrick Mallory v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights court-findings judicial-discretion overriding-interest partial-closure public-trial reasonable-alternatives sixth-amendment waller-standard waller-v-georgia
Key Terms:
Takings
Latest Conference: 2023-03-31
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial requires courts to make adequate findings before ordering a 'partial closure' restricting public access to evidence or questioning

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, before a court may order a “partial closure” restricting the public’s ability to see or hear evidence or questioning that is accessible by the parties, the court, and the jury, the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial requires courts to make adequate findings that an overriding interest supports the restriction and that the restriction is no broader than necessary after consideration of reasonable alternatives, in accordance with Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39, 48 (1984)? i

Docket Entries

2023-04-03
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
2023-03-15
Reply of petitioner Kevin Patrick Mallory filed. (Distributed)
2023-03-02
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2023-01-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 2, 2023.
2023-01-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 2, 2023 to March 2, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-12-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 2, 2023.
2022-12-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 3, 2023 to February 2, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-11-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2023)

Attorneys

Kevin Patrick Mallory
Geremy C. KamensOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Geremy C. KamensOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent