No. 25-6334

Robert Ruben Ornelas v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: discovery-request district-court exculpatory-evidence government-assertion judicial-review post-trial-motion
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the district court erroneously rely on the government's bare assertion that no exculpatory evidence existed in denying a post-trial motion for discovery, where there were "concrete facts" that exculpatory evidence did exist?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the district court erroneously rely on the government's bare assertion that no exculpatory evidence existed in denying a post-trial motion for discovery, where there were 'concrete facts' that exculpatory evidence did exist?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-15
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2026)

Attorneys

Robert Ornelas
Kenneth M. Miller — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent