No. 25-6350

Samuel J. Barrett v. Walter Tripp, Warden, Wyoming Department of Corrections State Penitentiary, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights court-procedure covid-pandemic effective-counsel public-trial sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state's pandemic-related trial restrictions can constitutionally limit a defendant's right to a public trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. If a state denies a defendant a public trial by implementing a defective trial structure mech anism to limit the spread of a pandemic at the expense of the defendant ’s right to a public trial, is that defendant entitled to relief? II. If court'appointed counsel fails to raise meritorious issues of US Constitutional dimension on direct appeal, is that defendant entitled to relief? III. Did the Coronavirus Pandemic Jury Trial Operational Plan developed and implemented by Wyoming ’s Seventh Judicial District deny Mr. Barrett a constitutionally firm trial?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-15
Waiver of Wyoming Department of Corrections/Warden of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-15
Waiver of right of respondent Wyoming Department of Corrections/Warden to respond filed.
2025-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 12, 2026)

Attorneys

Samuel Barrett
Samuel J. Barrett — Petitioner
Samuel J. Barrett — Petitioner
Wyoming Department of Corrections/Warden
Jenny Lynn CraigOffice of the Wyoming Attorney General, Respondent
Jenny Lynn CraigOffice of the Wyoming Attorney General, Respondent