No. 24-7350

Rusty James Driscoll v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights discovery-material fifth-amendment inmate-rights local-rules sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether District Court of South Dakota's Local Rules 16.1 and 57.10 violate an inmate's constitutional rights under the 5th and 6th Amendments to receive adequate notice of charges and assist in their own defense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether District Court of South Dakota's Local Rules, 16.1 and 57.10, which restrict an inmate's ability to access and to personally possess his/her discovery material, violates an inmate's constitutional rights under the 5th and 6th Amendments to receive adequate notice of the charges against him/her, and/or to assist in his/her own defense. . .. i i

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-10
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Rusty J. Driscoll
Rusty James Driscoll — Petitioner
Rusty James Driscoll — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent