No. 24-7382

Issac Jermale Fisher v. Missouri

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2025-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-significance courtroom-closure public-access structural-error trial-court-standards waller-v-georgia
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When do intentional actions designed to restrict the public's entry to the courtroom constitute a closure of constitutional significance that, unless the trial court follows the standards set out in Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39 (1984), results in structural error?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

When do intentional actions designed to restrict the public’s entry to the courtroom constitute a closure of constitutional significance that , unless the trial court follow s the standards set out in Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39 (1984), results in structural error? iii PARTIES All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page.

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-25
Waiver of Missouri of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-25
Waiver of right of respondent Missouri to respond filed.
2025-06-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 9, 2025)

Attorneys

Issac Fisher
Kathryn Marie MerwaldMissouri State Public Defender System, Petitioner
Kathryn Marie MerwaldMissouri State Public Defender System, Petitioner
Missouri
Daniel N. McPhersonAssistant Attorney General, Respondent
Daniel N. McPhersonAssistant Attorney General, Respondent