No. 23-7123
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech jury-instructions mental-state objective-standard recklessness stalking true-threats
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Privacy
FirstAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference:
2024-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision violated the Counterman standard for true threats prosecutions
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Ninth Circuit’s decision below violated the standard this Court announced in Counterman—that true threats prosecutions require a mental state of recklessness—by affirming Petitioner’s conviction even though the jury was instructed it could convict based on an objective standard of how a reasonable person would perceive Petitioner’s speech? pretix
Docket Entries
2024-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
2024-04-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-03-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 2, 2024)
Attorneys
Ivan Isho
Kristi A. Hughes — Law Office of Kristi A. Hughes, Petitioner
Kristi A. Hughes — Law Office of Kristi A. Hughes, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent