No. 22-7685

Satish Kartan v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: compelled-testimony-withdrawal court-precedent due-process forced-labor griffin-v-california prosecutor-comments right-to-testify rock-v-arkansas sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court violated Kastan's right to testify and the subsequent prosecutor's comments, 'The defendants don't like answering questions,' of the Kastan testified for more than a day and was compelled to withdraw his testimony by conceding in front of the jury that 'Kastan was refusing to answer questions,' in violation of the Court's opinion in Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44 (1987) and Griffin v. California, 380 U.S. 609 (1965)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 3, 2023)

Attorneys

Satish Kartan
Satish Kartan — Petitioner
Satish Kartan — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent