No. 23A152

Michael Lajeunesse v. Kris Karberg, Warden

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-18
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: fourteenth-amendment physician-patient-privilege prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver-of-privilege
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state prosecutor may compel a defendant to waive physician-patient privilege without adequate constitutional safeguards protecting the defendant's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to counsel and due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : by all of the court officers—in violation of Applicant’s 6th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution.! Facts of the Case: On Friday Feb. 3*4, 2017, the Polk County Attorney intentionally had his client waive its physician-patient privilege for purposes of prosecution.?

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Application (23A152) denied by the Court.
2023-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-20
Application (23A152) referred to the Court.
2023-09-05
Application (23A152) refiled and submitted to Justice Jackson.
2023-08-25
Application (23A152) denied by Justice Kavanaugh.
2023-08-14
Application (23A152) for bail, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Michael Lajeunesse
Michael Alexander LaJeunesse — Petitioner
Michael Alexander Lajeunesse — Petitioner