No. 24-5524

Kenneth W. Blair v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review confidential-informant judicial-discretion motion-to-compel standard-of-review supervisory-authority
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Circuit's finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in overruling Blair's motion to compel the disclosure of a confidential informant warrants Supreme Court review

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT'S FINDING THAT THE DISTRICT COURT DID NOT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION IN OVERRULING BLAIR'S MOTION TO COMPEL THE DISCLOSURE OF THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT HAS SO FAR DEPARTED FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF THE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AS TO CALL FOR AN EXERCISE OF THIS COURT'S SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY

Docket Entries

2024-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-09-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2024)
2024-07-11
Application (24A14) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until September 12, 2024.
2024-07-02
Application (24A14) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 14, 2024 to September 12, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Kenneth W. Blair
Kenneth W. Blair — Petitioner
Kenneth W. Blair — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent