No. 24-627

Scuderia Development, LLC, et al. v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: court-procedure ethnic-discrimination fair-trial jury-selection racial-bias voir-dire
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court's refusal to ask defense-requested voir dire questions about potential anti-Asian and Chinese bias denied Petitioners a fair trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether the district court’s refusal to ask defense-requested voir dire questions intended to identify existing anti-Asian and Chinese political, ethnic, and racial bias of members of the jury venire panel, and the Ninth Circuit’s affirmance of that refusal, denied Petitioners a fair trial.

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-13
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2024-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2025)

Attorneys

Scuderia Development, LLC, et al.
Robert F. RuyakLarson LLP, Petitioner
Robert F. RuyakLarson LLP, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent