No. 25-5789

Joseph Anthony Barrett v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2025-10-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment implicit-bias juror-bias jury-selection sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a charged crime occurs within prison walls, do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require excusal for cause of prospective jurors who are employed by the state's prison management agency on the ground of implicit bias because they identify economically, socially, and emotionally with their employer?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

When a charged crime occurs within prison walls, do the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require excusal for cause of prospective jurors who are employed by the state’s prison management agency on the ground of implicit bias because they identify economical ly, socially, and emotionally with their employer? iii STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-03
Brief of State of California in opposition submitted.
2025-12-03
Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.
2025-10-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 3, 2025.
2025-10-09
Motion of State of California for an extension of time submitted.
2025-10-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 3, 2025 to December 3, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-09-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Joseph Barrett
Christina Arlene SpauldingOffice of the State Public Defender, Petitioner
Christina Arlene SpauldingOffice of the State Public Defender, Petitioner
State of California
Anne Marie SpitzbergCalifornia Attorney General, Department of Justice, Respondent
Anne Marie SpitzbergCalifornia Attorney General, Department of Justice, Respondent
Holly D. WilkensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Holly D. WilkensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent