No. 22-7345

Ali F. Elmezayen v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure domestic-abuse due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-05-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court may refuse to inform the venire during jury selection about key emotional issues in the case, such as allegations of domestic abuse and of disabled children being murdered for profit, and instead rely solely on general questions about potential jurors' personal experiences

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Whether, consistent with the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury, a district court may refuse to inform the venire during jury selection about key emotional issues in the case, such as allegations of domestic abuse and of disabled children being murdered for profit, or otherwise do anything to meaningfully determine if the presence of such core, inflammatory allegations would make potential jurors unable to be fair and impartial, and instead rely solely on general questions about potential jurors’ personal experiences. i Statement of

Docket Entries

2023-05-22
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
2023-05-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-04-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 22, 2023)

Attorneys

Ali Elmezayen
Sonam HendersonOffice of the Federal Public Defender-CDCA, Petitioner
Sonam HendersonOffice of the Federal Public Defender-CDCA, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent